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Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records


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1 Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet − 605008, Puducherry, India
2 Thiru Kolanjiappar Government Arts College, Virudhachalam − 606001, Tamil Nadu, India
 

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The present study reports 19 species from 14 genera belonging to 6 families under order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from the Puducherry coast. Triacanthus biaculeatus Bloch, T. nieuhofi Bleeker, Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer Cantor, Odonus niger Ruppell, Aluterus monoceros Linnaeus, Paramonacanthus sulcatus Hollard, Arothron immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, Torquigener brevipinnis Regan and Diodon hystrix Linnaeus are recorded for the first time from Puducherry waters. The fishery status, palatability, toxicity, and IUCN status of all the species are also given.

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Aquarium Commercial, Porcupinefish, Pufferfish, Reef Associated, Triggerfish
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Authors

S. Nithya Mary
Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet − 605008, Puducherry, India
V. Ravitchandirane
Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet − 605008, Puducherry, India
B. Gunalan
Thiru Kolanjiappar Government Arts College, Virudhachalam − 606001, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


The present study reports 19 species from 14 genera belonging to 6 families under order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from the Puducherry coast. Triacanthus biaculeatus Bloch, T. nieuhofi Bleeker, Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer Cantor, Odonus niger Ruppell, Aluterus monoceros Linnaeus, Paramonacanthus sulcatus Hollard, Arothron immaculatus Bloch & Schneider, Torquigener brevipinnis Regan and Diodon hystrix Linnaeus are recorded for the first time from Puducherry waters. The fishery status, palatability, toxicity, and IUCN status of all the species are also given.

Keywords


Aquarium Commercial, Porcupinefish, Pufferfish, Reef Associated, Triggerfish

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv121%2Fi3%2F2021%2F155960