Inland Fisheries

4.2.5 Reservoirs of the Godavari River System

There is no major dam on the river Godavari. The commercially important species of the impounded area of river Godavari are: Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo fimbriatus, L. calbasu, L. rohita, Cirrhinus horai, Catla catla, Mystus seenghala, M. aor, Bagarius bagarius, Pangasius pangasius and Silonia childreni. The prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii, forms a major fishery.