The present status of the species was emphasized by the
availability of the species, their distribution, reproduction
performance (on the availability of the spawns, fries and fingerlings
in their concerned habitat) and the prevailing situation and hazards.
It may be mentioned that almost all the concerned habitat of the fish
fauna of this region face several hazards, both anthropogenic and
natural. We have, in our earlier reports (Goswami, 2005; Goswami
et al., 2007), explained the hazards. The conservation status of the