Synopsis Fishes are the most abundant and yet least known class of vertebrates. They inhabit every kind of aquatic environment and their wide distribution has resulted in many different designs for their special order of life. The present literature reviews what is known about the fishes. It gives a comprehensive account of the Fishery Science and also offers diverse information through step by step procedures. It covers all basic information on the subject of fisheries of India, to make the reader s up-to-date with the latest details where proliferation of scientific information has not been only fast but enormous too in the last decade. Written in scholarly yet easy to understandable language. It combines the usefulness of a reference work with the readability of a browsing book, perfect for anyone attuned to the splendour of our material world. Encyclopaedia of Fishes and Fisheries of India comprises of a set of 7 volumes dealing with classification and diversity; comparative morphology and anatomy; applied ichthyology including gear and crafts; freshwater, brackish water and marine fisheries and identifications of Indian fishes.