Resilient species

  • "Climate resilient fish" refers to fish species or populations that can withstand and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change, such as warming water temperatures and altered aquatic ecosystems
  • Climate smart species were identified based on different parameters including feeding habit, trophic guild, fecundity, thermal tolerance, pH and oxygen tolerance, peak production seasons, breeding phenology and presence of accessory respiratory organ
  • Following fishes are found to be resilient in changing climate: Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo bata, Puntius sophore, Channa punctata, Heteropneustes fossilis, Eutropiichthys vacha, Clarias magur, Mystus cavasius, Amblypharyngodon mola, Anabas testudineus, Systomus sarana

Some identified climate resilient fishes