Diversity of Fish Species in relation to Climatological Fluctuations in a Coastal River of Bangladesh

Table 1

The composition of fish species along with their contributions in the Sandha river of Bangladesh.

Order	Family	Scientific name	English name	Code	Total	% contribution	IUCN status
							Bangladesh	Global
Osteoglossiformes	Notopteridae	Chitala chitala	Clown knife fish	S45	19	0.37	EN	NT
	Notopteridae	Notopterus notopterus	Bronze featherback	S46	51	1.00	VU	LC
Clupeiformes	Engraulidae	Setipinna phasa	Gangetic hairfin anchovy	S14	148	2.89	LC	LC
	Engraulidae	Thryssa purava	Oblique-jaw thryssa	S15	143	2.79	LC	DD
	Clupeidae	Corica soborna	Ganges river sprat	S13	322	6.29	LC	LC
	Clupeidae	Gonialosa manmina	Ganges river gizzard shad	S12	115	2.25	LC	LC
	Clupeidae	Gudusia chapra	Indian river shad	S10	95	1.86	VU	LC
	Clupeidae	Tenualosa ilisha	Hilsa shad	S9	182	3.56	LC	LC
	Clupeidae	Tenualosa toli	Toli shad	S11	151	2.95	LC	VU
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Amblypharyngodon mola	Mola carplet	S35	140	2.74	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Chela cachius	Silver hatchet barb	S24	56	1.09	VU	LC
	Cyprinidae	Cirrhinus cirrhosus	Mrigal carp	S33	7	0.14	NT	VU
	Cyprinidae	Devario devario	Sind danio	S27	56	1.09	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Esomus danrica	Flying barb	S23	115	2.25	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Gibelion catla	Catla	S32	12	0.23	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Silver carp	S36	6	0.12	NE	NT
	Cyprinidae	Labeo bata	Bata	S31	5	0.10	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Labeo calbasu	Orangefin labeo	S30	4	0.08	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Labeo gonius	Kuria labeo	S29	4	0.08	NT	LC
	Cyprinidae	Labeo rohita	Roho labeo	S28	15	0.29	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Osteobrama cotio	Cotio	S34	21	0.41	NT	LC
	Cyprinidae	Pethia conchonius	Rosy barb	S21	128	2.50	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Pethia ticto	Ticto barb	S19	121	2.36	VU	LC
	Cyprinidae	Puntius chola	Swamp barb	S20	135	2.64	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Puntius sophore	Pool barb	S17	282	5.51	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Puntius terio	Onespot barb	S22	28	0.55	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Salmostoma bacaila	Large razorbelly minnow	S26	149	2.91	LC	LC
	Cyprinidae	Salmostoma phulo	Finescale razorbelly minnow	S25	99	1.93	NT	LC
	Cyprinidae	Systomus sarana	Olive barb	S18	14	0.27	NT	LC
	Cobitidae	Acanthocobitis botia	Mottled loach	S16	68	1.33	LC	LC
	Cobitidae	Lepidocephalichthys guntea	Guntea loach	S37	161	3.15	LC	LC
Siluriformes	Siluridae	Ompok pabda	Pabdah catfish	S61	13	0.25	EN	NT
	Siluridae	Wallago attu	Wallago	S60	30	0.59	VU	VU
	Plotosidae	Plotosus canius	Gray eel-catfish	S62	10	0.20	NT	NE
	Heteropneustidae	Heteropneustes fossilis	Stinging catfish	S55	21	0.41	LC	LC
	Schilbidae	Ailia coila	Gangetic ailia	S58	98	1.91	LC	NT
	Schilbidae	Clupisoma garua	Garua bachcha	S59	91	1.78	EN	LC
	Schilbidae	Silonia silondia	Silond catfish	S57	95	1.86	LC	LC
	Pangasiidae	Pangasius pangasius	Pangas catfish	S56	33	0.64	EN	LC
	Bagridae	Mystus bleekeri	Day’s mystus	S52	59	1.15	LC	LC
	Bagridae	Mystus cavasius	Gangetic mystus	S51	13	0.25	NT	LC
	Bagridae	Mystus vittatus	Striped dwarf catfish	S50	146	2.85	LC	LC
	Bagridae	Rita rita	Rita	S54	19	0.37	EN	LC
	Bagridae	Sperata aor	Long-whiskered catfish	S53	19	0.37	VU	LC
Beloniformes	Belonidae	Xenentodon cancila	Freshwater garfish	S7	49	0.96	LC	LC
Synbranchiformes	Synbranchidae	Monopterus cuchia	Cuchia	S66	12	0.23	VU	LC
	Mastacembelidae	Macrognathus aculeatus	Lesser spiny eel	S65	19	0.37	NT	LC
	Mastacembelidae	Macrognathus aral	One-stripe spiny eel	S64	76	1.48	DD	LC
	Mastacembelidae	Mastacembelus armatus	Zig-zag eel	S63	33	0.64	EN	LC
Perciformes	Ambassidae	Chanda nama	Elongate glass perchlet	S47	89	1.74	LC	LC
	Ambassidae	Parambassis ranga	Indian glassy fish	S49	30	0.59	LC	LC
	Ambassidae	Pseudambassis lala	Highfin glassy perchlet	S48	55	1.07	LC	NT
	Latidae	Lates calcarifer	Barramundi	S8	50	0.98	LC	LC
	Sciaenidae	Otolithoides pama	Pama croaker	S38	147	2.87	LC	DD
	Nandidae	Nandus nandus	Gangetic leaf fish	S5	51	1.00	NT	LC
	Eleotridae	Eleotris fusca	Dusky sleeper	S39	14	0.27	LC	LC
	Gobiidae	Apocryptes bato	Goby	S41	139	2.72	LC	LC
	Gobiidae	Glossogobius giuris	Tank goby	S42	60	1.17	LC	LC
	Gobiidae	Odontamblyopus rubicundus	Rubicundus eelgoby	S40	170	3.32	LC	LC
	Gobiidae	Pseudapocryptes elongatus	Lanceolate goby	S43	125	2.44	LC	LC
	Gobiidae	Taenioides cirratus	Bearded worm goby	S44	234	4.57	LC	DD
	Anabantidae	Anabas testudineus	Climbing perch	S1	44	0.86	LC	LC
	Osphronemidae	Trichogaster fasciata	Banded gourami	S6	82	1.60	LC	LC
	Channidae	Channa orientalis	Walking snakehead	S4	24	0.47	LC	VU
	Channidae	Channa punctata	Spotted snakehead	S2	38	0.74	LC	LC
	Channidae	Channa striata	Striped snakehead	S3	35	0.68	LC	LC
Tetraodontiformes	Tetraodontidae	Leiodon cutcutia	Ocellated pufferfish	S67	43	0.84	LC	LC

Note: EN: endangered; VU: vulnerable; NT: near threatened; LC: least concern; DD: data deficient; NE: not evaluated.