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Detailed Ecological Assessment Report 2008 – Keenjhar Lake
Figure 43 - Number of species recorded across each local status category
Number of species
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
13
4
23
7
Rare Less common
Status
Common Very common
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16
29
2
4
Keenjhar
Chotiari
Figure 44 shows the status of fish species at national or country level. Most
species fall into the category of common or less common and it is pertinent to
note that no species were categorized as very common, indicating that either no
fish species in the country has been classified under this category or that there
are very few species that are very common, non of which are found in Keenjhar
Lake or Chotiari Reservoir.
Figure 44 – Number of species recorded across each national or country status
category
Number of species
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
0
11
6
Rare Less common Common Very common
Sites
42
40
0
0
Keenjhar
Chotiari
4.6.4 Economic values
The economic value for each species was identified and plotted against the
average density (number of each fish species caught from 100). Figure 45 shows
the number of species in each category from the two freshwater sites. There was
quite and even spread of species over the economic categories though most
species had high or aquarium values. Species having very high value were the
least common which may reflect that they are being targeted for extraction.