Fishes, Fishing Implements and Methods of Nepal (A description of 129 Fascinating fishes recorded uptodate and unique fishing implements and methods in vogue in Nepal)

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Historical review. 3. Fresh water resources. 4. Characteristic fish fauna. 5. Description of fishes: I. Order Clupeiformes. II. Order Cypriniformes. III. Order Anguilliformes. IV. Order Beloniformes. V. Order Cyprinodontiformes. VI. Order Channiformes. VII. Order Symbranchiformes. VIII. Order Perciformes. IX. Order Mastacembeliformes. X. Order Mugiliformes. XI. Order Tetrodontiformes. 6. List of fishes and their distribution. 7. Hill stream fishes. 8. Larvivorous fishes. 9. Cold water fishes. 10. Food fishes, most delicious fishes. 11. Largest and smallest fishes. 12. Cultivated fishes. 13. Exotic fishes. 14. Endangered fishes. 15. Conservation of fishes. 16. Fishing implements: I. Nets. II. Basket implements. III. Fishing rods and their accessories. IV. Fish spearing. V. Unique and manual fishing methods. 17. Where to fish. 18. Fishing season. 19. Fish market. 20. Appendix: Cheklist of fishes. 21. Select references. 22. Index.

From the preface: "Nepal has got a fascinating fresh water fish fauna. In this book a description is given of 66 genera and 129 species of fish reported so far by the authoress and by other scholars interested in the area of fish. The authoress devoted more than 28 years to the study of fish and the findings of her assiduous studies have been meticulously incorporated in the present book. The various species of fish have been also checked for correct identification by the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta."