Dr. Bilal Ahamad Paray is working as an Associate Professor at Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh. He has received his Ph.D. (Zoology) in 2013 from Department of Zoology, Mononmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. He has also worked as Research Associate in ICAR NAIP Subproject, A Value Chain on Murrel Production in Tamilnadu and Orisaa- CARE, St.Xavier’s College (Duration: July, 2012 – March, 2014). Currently, Dr. Bilal is the Principle Investigator in the project entitled “Ecology and Molecular Characterization of Cultured Aquatic Species (Project Number: RG-1437-005) from Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.