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Report on the Occurrence of Margaretha’s Goatfish, Upeneus margarethae Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010 (Perciformes : Mullidae) from Gulf of Mannar


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1 National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR), Lucknow, UP – 226 002, India

A single specimen of Goatfish with the standard length of 88.43 mm was collected from the Gulf of Mannar, Southeast coast of India on 28.12.2018. The specimen was confirmed as Upeneus margarethae Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010, based on the morphometric and partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase sub-unit I gene analysis. The presence of the species suggests the extended distributional range of U. margarethae in Gulf of Mannar (GoM), Southeast coast of India. Morphomeristic characters of the present specimen are being compared with the earlier records of the species.
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Authors

A. Kathirvelpandian
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR), Lucknow, UP – 226 002, India
J. Sheena
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR), Lucknow, UP – 226 002, India
T. K. Teena Jayakumar
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR), Lucknow, UP – 226 002, India
T. T. Ajith Kumar
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR), Lucknow, UP – 226 002, India
K. K. Lal
National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR), Lucknow, UP – 226 002, India

Abstract


A single specimen of Goatfish with the standard length of 88.43 mm was collected from the Gulf of Mannar, Southeast coast of India on 28.12.2018. The specimen was confirmed as Upeneus margarethae Uiblein & Heemstra, 2010, based on the morphometric and partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase sub-unit I gene analysis. The presence of the species suggests the extended distributional range of U. margarethae in Gulf of Mannar (GoM), Southeast coast of India. Morphomeristic characters of the present specimen are being compared with the earlier records of the species.