eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2019-06-25 16 2 483 489 10.13005/bbra/2763 33701 article Mohd Arif 1 Roopma Gandotra 1 Neha Choudhary 1 Dheeraj Sharma 1 Aaqib Lone 1 Aayushi Dogra 1 Fisheries Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu, 180006- India. Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir is a region of high biological diversity and endemicity of fish fauna, but very little is known about the distribution of  freshwater indigenous ornamental fish. The study was carried out across the tributaries of three rivers viz., Chenab, Tawi and Basantar to study the diversity of ornamental fish. Regular collection trips were carried out at 13 different stations for a period of one year from December 2017 to December 2018  and a total of 30 species were reported belonging to 8 families and 18 genera. In all the study stations Cyprinidae family was found to be most prevalent (85%) and Osphronemidae (1%) was the least. The present work is a preliminary study on the distribution and abundance of ornamental fishes from freshwater bodies of Jammu. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol16no2/study-on-distribution-and-abundance-of-indigenous-ornamental-fishes-from-water-bodies-of-jammu-j-and-k/ Cyprinidae; Indigenous; Ornamental; Osphronemidae