Shark diversity in the Indian Sundarban biosphere
Shubhajit SAHA Department of Zoology, Sundarban Hazi Desarat College, South 24 Parganas, 743611, West Bengal, India
Paramita PAL Post Graduate Department of Geography, Bhairab Ganguly College, Belghoria, 700056, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Shubhagata HALDER Department of Zoology, Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College, BT Road, 700108, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kishore DHARA Office of the Deputy Director of Fisheries (Research & Training), Freshwater Fisheries Research and Training Centre, Government of West Bengal, Kulia, Kalyani, Nadia 741 251, West Bengal, India
Nimai Chandra SAHA Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, Golapbagh, Bardhhaman 713 104, West Bengal, India
Abstract
Human activities are rapidly expanding, posing a danger to ocean biodiversity. A review of shark diversity in the Indian Sundarban Biosphere is presented in this present study. Out of the 70 shark species found in the Indian Ocean, researchers discovered 22 have a limited distribution, 12 are quite abundant but not consistently taken, and just 6 have a vast range. Records confirmed the existence of 16 species in Sundarban. Glyphis gangeticus is the sole indigenous species to the Gangetic delta, although it, along with Carcharhinus hemiodon, is uncommon that it was never spotted in the previous decade.
