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Electric Ray Narcine timlei (Torpediniformes:Narcinidae) from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India


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1 Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
 

The Chilika, situated along India's eastern coast (in Odisha), is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia with water spread varying from 906 km2 during summer to 1165 km2 during monsoon. It is among the most internationally focused Ramsar site in India owing to its rich biodiversity, including species that have been categorized as threatened by IUCN.
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  • Electric Ray Narcine timlei (Torpediniformes:Narcinidae) from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India

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Authors

C. M. Roshith
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
R. K. Manna
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
V. R. Suresh
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
D. Panda
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
A. P. Sharma
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
A. Roy Chowdhury
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
M. Mukherjee
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India
S. K. Banik
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata 700 120, India

Abstract


The Chilika, situated along India's eastern coast (in Odisha), is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia with water spread varying from 906 km2 during summer to 1165 km2 during monsoon. It is among the most internationally focused Ramsar site in India owing to its rich biodiversity, including species that have been categorized as threatened by IUCN.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv110%2Fi8%2F1408-1410