Ichthyofaunal diversity of Pallikaranai marsh and Adjacent areas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

The present study deals with a collection of 53 species of fishes belonging to 31 genera, 9 orders under 17 families from Pallikaranai marsh.In July 2022, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest in Tamil Nadu was declared a Ramsar site.The IUCN status of the fishes recorded from the marsh was also provided.As per the IUCN status the fishes recorded from the marsh were belonging to the category LC (44), VU (2), EN (1), NT (2), NE (1) and DD (2).Some commercially important fishes such as the Trichogaster lalius (Hamilton, 1822),