The book entitled, “Freshwater Cat and Snakehead fishes of India” perhaps one of the recent topics related to food security of the developing
countries where most of the peoples remained below poverty level, suffering from protein deficiencies, but by far able to manage balanced
nutrition from these catfish and snakeheads with considerable economic stimulus.
The underutilized aquatic resources may well be taken under culture activities to boost up various types of SIFS (Small Indigenous fishes) of
nutritional interests wherein a little care is needed. The identification of various types of cat and snakehead fishes is of utmost importance so far
the region, climate and habitats are concerned, since India is considered as the mega biodiversity hotspot in the world and occupies the ninth
position in terms of freshwater icthyo-diversified country.
The book is divided into two basic parts, the Part-I deals with the various freshwater Catfishes available in Indian subcontinent. The types,
categories systematic positions growing possibilities if any, have been dealt with immense care in the book. In the second (Part-II) part Freshwater
Snakeheads have been dealt with. Besides the systematic positions of the various snakeheads, food & feeding habits and reproductive potentials, larval grow-out technologies have been dealt with various supportive research works and published outcome as references. Both the chapters are provided with species wise available photographs for easy identifications etc. Last but not the least, the author sincerely believes that if the rural citizens of our country more so, the neighboring countries as well, take a little bit of initiative to explore the potentials of such fallow aquatic resources, it may support not only their respective families as far as the nutritional

security is concerned but also make them financially stable. The present author also confident that the book will earn paramount interests from the aquaculture students, especially who are at the graduate and post-graduate levels, researchers and who loves such fishes in their diets.