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An Account of Ichthyofauna of Digha Coast, West Bengal


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An account of the ichthyofaunal diversity along the Digha coast has been studied. A total of 340 species belonging to 210 genera, 107 families and 19 orders were reported both from earlier literatures and current study all together. In total 48 species were added for the first time from Digha coast.

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Fishes, Digha, West Bengal, New Records.
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  • Yennawar, P., Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2012a. First record of Acropoma argentistigma from Indian waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5: e65: 1-3. doi:10.1017/S1755267212000449

  • Yennawar, P., Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2012b. Occurrence of pennat coral fish, Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) along Digha coast, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 112(3): 121-122.

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  • Yennawar, P., Tudu, P. and Mohapatra, A. 2011b. New record of two species of eels of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae) in Digha coast of India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 108(3): 232-233.

  • Yennawar, P., Tudu, P.C. and Mohapatra, A. 2012c. First report of stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Block and Schneider, 1801) from Digha coast, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 112(3): 117-118.

  • Yennawar, P., Tudu, P.C., Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2012d. New records of two reef fishes Gymnothorax reticularis Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal coast, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 113(1): 129-135.


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Authors

Prasanna Yennawar
Marine Aquarium and Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal, India
Anil Mohapatra
Marine Aquarium and Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal, India
Prasad Chandra Tudu
Marine Aquarium and Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal, India

Abstract


An account of the ichthyofaunal diversity along the Digha coast has been studied. A total of 340 species belonging to 210 genera, 107 families and 19 orders were reported both from earlier literatures and current study all together. In total 48 species were added for the first time from Digha coast.

Keywords


Fishes, Digha, West Bengal, New Records.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i1.158267