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Snappers (Perciformes : Lutjanidae) of West Bengal Coast with Eight New Records and a Key for their Identification


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1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721428, India
2 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India
3 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad – 500 048, India
4 Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal – 700 126, India
 

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Snappers of the family Lutjanidae are a group of colourful, attractive and important marine food fishes. The paper reviews the snappers of West Bengal state, India and reports eight new records, Lutjanus decussatus, L. lunulatus, L. momostigma, L. quinquelineatus, Pinjalo pinjalo, Pristipomoides filamentosus, P. multidens and P. typus, from the coastal waters of the state with their systematic account. The paper also presents a working key to identification of all 24 species of snappers known to occur in the state till date, which will help in correcting several confusions occurred in earlier literature.


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New Record, Lutjanus, Pinjalo, Pristipomoides, West Bengal.
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Authors

Dipanajan Ray
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721428, India
Anil Mohapatra
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721428, India
S. S. Mishra
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India
Prasanna Yennawar
Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad – 500 048, India
Narayan Ghorai
Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal – 700 126, India

Abstract


Snappers of the family Lutjanidae are a group of colourful, attractive and important marine food fishes. The paper reviews the snappers of West Bengal state, India and reports eight new records, Lutjanus decussatus, L. lunulatus, L. momostigma, L. quinquelineatus, Pinjalo pinjalo, Pristipomoides filamentosus, P. multidens and P. typus, from the coastal waters of the state with their systematic account. The paper also presents a working key to identification of all 24 species of snappers known to occur in the state till date, which will help in correcting several confusions occurred in earlier literature.


Keywords


New Record, Lutjanus, Pinjalo, Pristipomoides, West Bengal.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i1.158271