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Aquatic biodiversity is the rich and wonderful variety of plants and animals. Wide animal diversity found in Angoori barrage and make a great aquatic ecosystem with the help of flora and fauna. The present paper deals with four major groups of animals were recorded in this reservoir during study period. Various indigenous and commercial fishes of importance were found in this reservoir. Abundance of fresh water fishes of the reservoir presence of 27 fish species belonging to 6 order 10 families and 16 genera was recorded. Among the collected species, order Cyprinitormes was most dominant and followed by order Silouriformes and Ophiocephaliforms. While the Community of zooplankton in Angoori reservoir consists of Cladocera, Rotifera, Copepoda, Protozoa and Ostracoda in order were dominance.Various species of benthic animals were found in this reservoir. Total 28 genera, 20 family, 15 order, 9 class and 4 phyla were recorded in study area. Phylum Arthropoda was dominant phylum followed phylum Mollusca, while the phylum Annelida and phylum Rotifera were represent after that. While in the Angoori reservoir Mollusca animal found with three class four order seven family and 12 genus and species is recorded during study period Class Gastroda is dominant with the two order five family and 10 genus and Species.