We are participating in the Cities Environment Reports on the Internet network   State of the Environment in Tashkent 2001 Home Page   |  About city  |   About this report  |   The CEROI network  |   Illustrations  |   Search   |   Feedback   |   Links  |   Map Biodiversity   Fish  Fish inhabits big irrigation canals, which take their beginning from Chirchik river and cross the city by big net from North-East to South-West as well, as it lives in                                          Nemachilus stoliczkai several artificial lakes, which are built in park zones. Last   years the city substantially enlarged and developes on the riversides of Chirchik river. This promotes penetration  of small  species directly to the city                              Schirotorax intermediums   reservoirs. The most typical representitives of water-fauna of the city are Schirotorax intermediums, Barbus capito, which inhabit relatively fullwater and fleeting reservoirs and Cyprinus carpio, Carassius auratus, which inhabit mainly deep and stagnant                                         Gobio gobio areas of canals on the Western borders of the city. All of them serve as the objects of sport fishing. Except this, the usual species are: Gobio gobio,  Cobitis aurata,              Nemachilus  kushakewitschi Nemachilus stoliczkai  and , thers.                                                                           Cyprinus carpio                                                                                                                Barbus capito  Chapter Navigation     Introduction   State      Fish       Amphibians      Reptiles      Birds      Mammals   Pressure   Impact   Response  Indicators    In this report     Source: The photos and pictures are provided by the professor of Tashkent National University Kashkarov D.Y.  Web site maintained by:  À. Khalmatov  Page Editor:    This page was last updated: 13/03/02