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New Distributional Record of Four Dragonet Species (Perciformes : Callionymidae) from Odisha Coast, India with Comments on Occurrence of other Callionymus Species in Indian Waters


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1 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
2 Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar, Odisha – 760 007, India
3 Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal – 721 655, India
4 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India

The present paper reports four uncommon fish species of dragonets of the family Callionymidae viz. Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837, C. hindsii Richardson, 1844, C. margaretae Regan, 1905 and C. recurvispinis (Li 1966) for the first time from Odisha coast, India. Diagnosis, morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded species are provided herein. The records of Callionymus species in Indian waters are discussed. It is concluded that only 15 species of the genus Callionymus are occurring in India, while reports of C. belcheri, C. japonicus, C. kaianus and C. melanopterus are erroneous.
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Authors

S. Roy
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
J. Pradhan
Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar, Odisha – 760 007, India
D. Ray
Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal – 721 655, India
S. R. Mohanty
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
S. Patro
Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar, Odisha – 760 007, India
S. C. Saren
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India
S. S. Mishra
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India

Abstract


The present paper reports four uncommon fish species of dragonets of the family Callionymidae viz. Callionymus filamentosus Valenciennes, 1837, C. hindsii Richardson, 1844, C. margaretae Regan, 1905 and C. recurvispinis (Li 1966) for the first time from Odisha coast, India. Diagnosis, morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded species are provided herein. The records of Callionymus species in Indian waters are discussed. It is concluded that only 15 species of the genus Callionymus are occurring in India, while reports of C. belcheri, C. japonicus, C. kaianus and C. melanopterus are erroneous.