State Of The Art Report On Biodiversity In Indian Sundarbans: Fishes Checklist

The dynamics of the fish communities of the Sundarbans are poorly understood. Although there are many published works on the fish fauna of different states of India including that of West Bengal, there is no comprehensive account of the fishes recorded from the Sundarbans. However, the works of Talwar et al. (1992); Mukherjee (1995); Das and Nandi (1999); and Gopal and Chauhan (2006) report the fish diversity of the Sundarbans. Compilations of the species listed in these works reveal that 364 species distributed under 215 genera are available in the Sundarbans as against 4,494 genera world over.目前对孙德尔本斯（Sundarbans）的鱼类群落动态尚缺乏充分认知。尽管针对印度各邦（包括西孟加拉邦）的鱼类区系已有大量已发表研究，但针对孙德尔本斯地区记录的鱼类尚无全面的系统性记载。不过，Talwar等（1992）、Mukherjee（1995）、Das与Nandi（1999）以及Gopal和Chauhan（2006）的相关研究均报道了孙德尔本斯的鱼类多样性。对上述研究中列出的物种进行汇编后可知，孙德尔本斯地区共分布有364种鱼类，隶属于215个属；而全球范围内鱼类属的总数达4494个。