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First Report of Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) from Odisha Coast, India


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1 College of Basic Science and Humanities, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha, India
 

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The paper reports Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Perciformes:Chaetodontidae) first time from Chandipur coast of Odisha with description of morphometric character and measurement. The present report extends the range of the species from Visakhapatnam coast to the northern part of the east coast of India.

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Chaetodontidae, Chandipur, First Record.
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Authors

Biswajit Panda
College of Basic Science and Humanities, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha, India

Abstract


The paper reports Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Perciformes:Chaetodontidae) first time from Chandipur coast of Odisha with description of morphometric character and measurement. The present report extends the range of the species from Visakhapatnam coast to the northern part of the east coast of India.

Keywords


Chaetodontidae, Chandipur, First Record.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv118%2Fi3%2F2018%2F121906