Information on the habitat and economic importance was
collected from fishermen and local fish retailers. Further, the names
of the fishes were confirmed from the website: www.Fishbase.org
and www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog (Froese
and Pauly, 2010). However, in the present check list, the present
status of threatened, endangered etc were determined for the
physical verification of the prevailing threats caused by both natural
and anthropogenic hazards.