10.25607/ufguzy a4202e55-050a-46a2-9c56-8b8507015ce7 https://ipt.obis.org/secretariat/resource?r=indian-sundarbans-mishra-2017 Subhrendu S Mishra Zoological Survey of India K C Gopi Zoological Survey of India Chandra Earl UNESCO eDNA Scientific Officer c.earl@unesco.org Chandra Earl UNESCO eDNA Scientific Officer c.earl@unesco.org processor 2023-09-13 eng The updated list of fishes of Sundarban gives information of about 350 species belonging to 225 genera, 86 families distributed in 25 orders occurring in this region. Cartilaginous fishes or Elasmobranchs comprise only 10.3% of fishes known, i.e., 36 species belonging to 21 genera, 10 families and 6 orders.The rest, 314 species (89.7%) in 204 genera, 76 families and 19 orders are bony fishes. Among the fishes occurring in Indian Sundarban, the family Gobiidae is the most diverse group with 40 species, followed by Sciaenidae (18 spp.) and Engraulidae (17 spp.).The highest representation of elasmobranchs is by the gray sharks (Carcharhinidae, 10 spp.), followed by stingrays (Dasyatidae, 9 spp.). Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml marine, harvested by iOBIS To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Indian Sundarbans 88.716 89.06 22.194 21.716 Fishes Superclass Agnatha unranked Chondrichthyes unranked Osteichthyes These data were made accessible through UNESCO's eDNA Expeditions project to mobilize available marine species and occurrence datasets from World Heritage Sites. notPlanned OBIS Secretariat OBIS Secretariat helpdesk@obis.org See Github <a href="https://github.com/iobis/mwhs-data-mobilization">Project</a> and <a href="https://iobis.github.io/mwhs-data-mobilization/notebooks/the_sundarbans/Mishra_2017"> R Notebook</a> for dataset construction methods 2023-09-12T23:41:32.211+00:00 dataset Mishra S S, Gopi K C, Earl C (2023). Fish diversity of Indian Sundarban and its resource and research prospects: Fishes Checklist. Version 2.0. OBIS Secretariat. Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.25607/ufguzy Mishra S & Gopi, KC. (2017). Fish diversity of Indian Sundarban and its resource and research prospects. a4202e55-050a-46a2-9c56-8b8507015ce7/v2.xml