Mystus gulio and Mystus cavasius are small indigenous fish species (SIFs) found throughout the year at the various stretches of the river Ganga and contribute significantly to the commercial fishery. The current study was conducted with a total of 609 specimens of M. gulio with a total length ranging from 84 to 190 mm and 377 specimens of M. cavasius with a total length ranging from 51 to 232 mm, collected from eight selected...

The River Ganga produces a substantial amount of its fish from small native species, defined here as those with a maximum length of 25 cm. The FiSAT program was utilized to estimate stock assessments of four important small indigenous species from the River Ganga: Johnius coitor, Cabdio morar, Salmostoma bacaila, and Gudusia chapra. Fish samples were collected monthly for a year (April 2020–May 2021) from four predetermined sa...