author(s)
Kangkan Jyoti Sarma, Mrunali Prajapati and Pradeep C Mankodi

abstract
The present survey was conducted out in all the major freshwater aquatic systems of Gujarat from February 2014 to May 2015 as a part of total diversity documentation of freshwater fishes from the state. The examination of the morphometrics, meristic counts and morphological observations has been used for this study and identification of each of the species of Labeo sp. was done as per the available standard keys. It is the most diverse genus of the family Cyprinidae consisting around 108 species around the world. A total of 10 species viz., Labeo bata, Labeo boga, Labeo boggut, Labeo calbasu, Labeo dussumieri, Labeo gonius, Labeo nigripinnis, Labeo pangusia Labeo potail and Labeo rohita have been recorded. Also observations showed that most of the species have been caught and recorded from lotic water systems except Labeo rohita, which is also commonly used as one of the IMC carps.