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New Distributional Record of Istigobius diadema (Steindachner, 1876) and Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch 1790) from the Pulicat Lagoon, India


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1 Department of Fisheries Resource Management, TNJFU–Dr. M. G. R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu – 601 204, India
2 Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management, TNJFU– Dr. M. G. R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu – 601 204, India
3 ICAR – Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Garacharama, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 744 105, India

The present study records spectacled sand-goby Istigobius diadema (Gobiidae) and tripletail Lobotes surinamensis (Lobotidae) for the first time from Pulicat lagoon, India. Morphological and meristic characters for both the species are described herein. This study finds the current observations as new distributional records for the above two species, thereby adding two more additional species to the ichthyofaunal diversity of Pulicat lagoon.
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N. Moulitharan
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, TNJFU–Dr. M. G. R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu – 601 204, India
N. Jayakumar
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, TNJFU–Dr. M. G. R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu – 601 204, India
A. Uma
Department of Aquatic Animal Health Management, TNJFU– Dr. M. G. R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu – 601 204, India
J. Praveenraj
ICAR – Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Garacharama, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands – 744 105, India
P. Kodeeswaran
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, TNJFU–Dr. M. G. R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamil Nadu – 601 204, India

Abstract


The present study records spectacled sand-goby Istigobius diadema (Gobiidae) and tripletail Lobotes surinamensis (Lobotidae) for the first time from Pulicat lagoon, India. Morphological and meristic characters for both the species are described herein. This study finds the current observations as new distributional records for the above two species, thereby adding two more additional species to the ichthyofaunal diversity of Pulicat lagoon.