Abstract
This paper is the outcome of a survey of Cladocera fauna of Bhagalpur (India). The number of species recorded were eleven from among five genera. All the species recorded in this paper are new record for Bihar, except Moina dubia GUERENE & RICHARD and Ceriodaphnia rigaudi RICHARD. Regarding the zoogegraphical disrtibution of the cladocera of Bhagalpur, India it appears that it has greater affinity with South-East Asian, Australian and African fauna than the Palaeartic fauna.