COMPOSITION OF ICHTHYOFAUNA OF SMALL WATER BODIES OF ALMATY REGION (BALKHASH – ALAKOL BASIN)

Abstract

This paper presents the modern diversity of fish inhabiting small ponds of Almaty region (Balkhash-Alakol basin). Ichthyofaunas of the studied reservoirs were 21 species of fish, 4 indigenous and 17 alien species. Indigenous species: common minnow Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758), spotted stone loach Triplophysa strauchii (Kessler, 1874), plain stone loach Triplophysa labiatus (Kessler, 1874), balkhash perch Perca schrenkii (Kessler, 1874). Among the native species, the rarest is plain stone loach . Alien 17 species of fish: amur false gudgeon Abbotina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855), bream Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758), caspion asp Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758), asian - european carp Carassius auratus (Bloch, 1872), carp Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758), stone morocos Pseudorasbora parva (Schlegel, 1842), amur bitterlings Rhodeus sericeus (Pallas, 1776), roach Rutilus rutilus (Linneus, 1758), tench Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758), grass carp Ctenopharingodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844), common sawbelly Hemiculter leucisculus(Basilewsky, 1855), ricefish Oryzias latipes (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846), sleeper Micropercops cinctus (Dabry et Thiersant, 1872), wels Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, pike - perch Sander lucioperca (Linnaeus, 1758), goby Rhinogobius cheni (Nicholos, 1931), snakchead Channa argus (Cantor, 1842).