Exploring the Rich Diverse: Freshwater Fish Diversity and Bionomics in the Sundarbans, India
Aritriya Jana
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700120, India.
Atul Kumar
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700120, India.
Jham Lal *
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700120, India.
Sulav Mandal
Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700037, India.
Suman Karmakar
Division of Fisheries Science, The Neotia University, Diamond Harbour, West Bengal-743368, India.
Sayantan Bhattacharjee
Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700037, India.
Tandel Manthankumar Amrutal
Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata-700037, India.
Karmveer Singh
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700120, India.
Naba Kumar Acharjya
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700120, India.
Anand Vaishnav *
College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University, Lembucherra, Tripura-799210, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The Sundarban is a mangrove area in the deltaformed by the confluence of the gangas brahmaputra and meghna river in the Bay of Bengal. The hooghly river in india state of West Bengal to the baleswar river in bangladesh. It comprises closed and open mangrove forests agriculturally used land, mudflats and barren lands. It is intersected by multiple tidal streams and channels. Four protected area in the Sundarbans are enlisted as UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES, Sundarbans national park,Sundarban west, east and south wildlife santuaries. The bengali name Sundarban is beautiful forest. It may have benn derived from the word sundari, the local name of the mangrove sp Heritiera fomes. There many biodiversity like 453 faunal wildlife, including 290 birds,120 fish, 42 mammal, 35 reptiles and 8 amphibians. The goal of this review paper is discussing about freshwater fish diversity and its bionomics in Sundarban delta. Also about the a brief description of study area (Sundarban) encompassing definition of a mangrove ecosystem, importance of mangrove ecosystem, area and distribution of Sundarban; Indian Sundarban – area, location, fisheries related activities; importance of studying fish diversity. And try to generate a data base on some of the life history parameters and their conservation status and atlast study threats associated with fish diversity measures for sustainable fishery.
Keywords: Fish, biodiversity, piscine bionomics, conservation, Sundarban, fish diversity, ecological phenomena, mangrove forest