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New Records of Two Reef Fishes Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal Coast, India


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1 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad 500048 AP, India
2 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, India
 

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There are numerous studies carried out so far on Icthyofaunal diversity of West Bengal (Manna and Goswami, 1985; Goswami, 1992; Talwar et al.,1992; Chatterjee et al., 2000; Das et al., 2007, Yennawar et al., 2011) which did not report the occurrence of Indo-Pacific Banded Eel Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795; family Muraenidae and Blue-Barred Parrotfish Sarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 of family Scaridae recently collected from West Bengal coastal waters.
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  • New Records of Two Reef Fishes Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal Coast, India

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Authors

Prasanna Yennawar
Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad 500048 AP, India
Prasad Chandra Tudu
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, India
Dipanjan Ray
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, India
Anil Mohapatra
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, India

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There are numerous studies carried out so far on Icthyofaunal diversity of West Bengal (Manna and Goswami, 1985; Goswami, 1992; Talwar et al.,1992; Chatterjee et al., 2000; Das et al., 2007, Yennawar et al., 2011) which did not report the occurrence of Indo-Pacific Banded Eel Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795; family Muraenidae and Blue-Barred Parrotfish Sarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 of family Scaridae recently collected from West Bengal coastal waters.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v113i1.168871