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First Record of Two Gobioid fishes, Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775), from Odisha Coast, India


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1 Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002, India
2 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, India
 

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This paper reports two fish species: Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775) (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) for the first time from Odisha coast, India. The materials were collected from Aryapalli fish landing centre and Gopalpur beach of Odisha coast. Diagnostic characters of these species are presented to record their occurrence along Odisha coast.

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Aryapalli, Gobiidae, Gopalpur, New Records, Odisha.
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Authors

Sanmitra Roy
Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002, India
Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002, India
S. S. Mishra
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, India

Abstract


This paper reports two fish species: Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775) (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) for the first time from Odisha coast, India. The materials were collected from Aryapalli fish landing centre and Gopalpur beach of Odisha coast. Diagnostic characters of these species are presented to record their occurrence along Odisha coast.

Keywords


Aryapalli, Gobiidae, Gopalpur, New Records, Odisha.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv119%2Fi3%2F2019%2F137740