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Dr. C.B.L. Srivastava, D.Phil., D.Sc., F.N.A.Sc., Emeritus Professor at the University of Allahabad is an internationally renowned veteran ichthyologist of the country. formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology and UGC Emeritus Fellow. Dr. Srivastava at present is the Principal Investigator of a DST (USERS FUND) Project and the Council Member and Member, Editorial Board of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. Srivastava has travelled far and wide in Europe and has worked in leading laboratories of France, Germany and Switzerland. with over 39 years of teaching experience in Fish Biology, he has guided research work for over a dozen doctoral theses. He worked on several research projects sponsored by the UGC, CSIR and DST. He has published a number of research papers all centred around catfishes, in national and international journals of repute. He was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and was awarded the U.P. Govt. Education Ministers' Gold Medal. His three earlier books Published on fish Biology, Fishery Science and Aquarium-Fish Keeping have been received with admiration from students and teachers alike in the country and abroad. Dr. Srivastava with his team of research scholars has carried out research work for over 40 years in diverse aspects of fish anatomy and biology-all investigations centred around catfishes.