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Morphometric and Molecular Evidence Confirm the Occurrence of Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, 1828) along Odisha Coast, India


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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, Berhmapur University, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 007, India

The present study reports the cloudy grouper, Epinephelus erythrurus for the first time from off Odisha coast. The species was confirmed by using morphometric analyses and COI gene sequencing. Hence the study updates the fish species diversity along the Odisha coast by adding another Epinephelus species to the family Epinephelidae faunal composition.

Keywords

Bay of Bengal, Cloudy grouper, Epinephelidae, New record, Phylogeny
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  • Morphometric and Molecular Evidence Confirm the Occurrence of Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, 1828) along Odisha Coast, India

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R K Behera
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
S R Mohanty
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
S Acharya
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
S Patro
Department of Marine Sciences, Berhmapur University, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 007, India
S S Mishra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India

Abstract


The present study reports the cloudy grouper, Epinephelus erythrurus for the first time from off Odisha coast. The species was confirmed by using morphometric analyses and COI gene sequencing. Hence the study updates the fish species diversity along the Odisha coast by adding another Epinephelus species to the family Epinephelidae faunal composition.

Keywords


Bay of Bengal, Cloudy grouper, Epinephelidae, New record, Phylogeny