An overview of fishes of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh and their present conservation status: Fishes Checklist

Kazi Ahsan Habib; Amit Kumer Neogi; Najmun Nahar; Jina Oh; Youn-Ho Lee; Choong-Gon Kim

doi:10.25607/mqut2a

An overview of fishes of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh and their present conservation status: Fishes Checklist

Citation

Habib K A, Neogi A K, Nahar N, Oh J, Lee Y, Kim C, Earl C (2023). An overview of fishes of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh and their present conservation status: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/mqut2a accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest of the world is located in Bangladesh and India. Studies done on the diversity of fish fauna in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh are sparse and patchy. Here we take the opportunity to provide an updated checklist of the fishes of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh based on primary and secondary data. Field surveys were undertaken in the aquatic habitat of Sundarbans core area along with its adjacent marine habitat from June 2015 to July 2017. Based on published information and primary observations the updated list of fishes covers a total of 322 species belonging to 217 genera, 96 families, and 22 orders. Additionally, four species of fishes, are newly reported in Bangladesh waters, viz., Mustelus mosis Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1899; Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Ribeiro, 1915; Carangoides hedlandensis Whitley, 1934; Uranoscopus cognatus Cantor, 1849. The global IUCN Red List status of each species has been enlisted. The updated checklist will constitute the reference inventory of fish biodiversity for the Sundarbans, a natural world heritage site.

Purpose

These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites.

Sampling Description

Method steps

See Github Project and R Notebook for dataset construction methods

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Fishes

Agnatha
rank: Superclass
Chondrichthyes
rank: unranked
Osteichthyes
rank: unranked

Geographic Coverages

Indian Sundarbans

Bibliographic Citations

Habib KA, Neogi AN, Nahar N, Oh J and Lee Y. (2020). An overview of fishes of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh and their present conservation status. Journal of Threatened Taxa. 12. 15154–15172. - https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4893.12.1.15154-15172

Contacts

Kazi Ahsan Habib
originator
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
email: ahsan.sau@gmail.com

Amit Kumer Neogi
originator
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
email: neogi3710@gmail.com

Najmun Nahar
originator
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
email: naharnajmun887@gmail.com

Jina Oh
originator
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
email: jnoh@kiost.ac.kr

Youn-Ho Lee
originator
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
email: ylee@kiost.ac

Choong-Gon Kim
originator
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
email: kimcg@kiost.ac.kr

Chandra Earl
metadata author
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org

Chandra Earl
processor
position: eDNA Scientific Officer
UNESCO
email: c.earl@unesco.org

OBIS Secretariat
administrative point of contact
position: Secretariat
OBIS
email: helpdesk@obis.org