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First Report of Brassy Chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) from Northern East Coast of India


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1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha-721 428, India
 

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Sea chubs belonging to the family Kyphosidae generally inhabit rocky zones and coral reefs of tropical and temperate marine waters worldwide (Sakai and Nakabo, 1995). There are six sub-families, sixteen genera and about 45 species belonging to the family Kyphosidae (Nelson, 2006).
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  • First Report of Brassy Chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) from Northern East Coast of India

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Dipanjan Ray
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha-721 428, India
Anil Mohapatra
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha-721 428, India

Abstract


Sea chubs belonging to the family Kyphosidae generally inhabit rocky zones and coral reefs of tropical and temperate marine waters worldwide (Sakai and Nakabo, 1995). There are six sub-families, sixteen genera and about 45 species belonging to the family Kyphosidae (Nelson, 2006).


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v113i4.168734