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• First report on occurrence of a rare fish, Keeltail Pomfret: Taractes rubescens (Jordan and Evermann, 1887) from Northern part of East coast of India

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Authors

Dipanjan Ray ¹, Anil Mohapatra ², Swarup Ranjan Mohanty ²

Affiliations
1 Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur - 721655, West Bengal, IN
2 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 194-197

Abstract

Authors collected one specimen of Taractes rubescens (Jordan and Evermann, 1887) of 655 mm. from Digha Mohana, West Bengal and reported as first occurrence of this species from Northern part of east coast of India as well as from the West Bengal coast.

Keywords

Bramidae, East Coast of India, First Report, West Bengal Coast.

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• First Record of Butis Koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849) (Gobiiformes:Eleotridae) from West Bengal, India

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Authors

Sk. Samim Hossin ¹, Dipanjan Ray ², Swarup Ranjan Mohanty ³, Anil Mohapatra ³, Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of Life Science, Vidyasagar University, Midnapur – 721102, West Bengal, IN
2 Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur - 721655, West Bengal, IN
3 Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea – 761002, Odisha, IN
4 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700016, West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 119, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 85-87

Abstract

Occurrence of Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849) (Gobiiformes: Eleotridae) is reported for the first time from West Bengal, India based on two specimens collected from Sankarpur fishing harbour. Systematic account of the species is provided for distinction. Only eight species in the family Eleotridae were known from West Bengal earlier and the present report adds one more to the list.

Keywords

Butis koilomatodon, Digha Coast, Eleotridae, Gobiiformes.

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References

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• Yennawar, P., Mohapatra, A., Ray, D. and Tudu, P. 2015. Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, India. In, Venkataraman, K. and Sivaperuman, C. (eds.). Marine Faunal Diversity in India- Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation, Academic Press, Elsevier, London: 235-248.

• First Report of Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from the West Bengal Coast

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Authors

Swarup Ranjan Mohanty ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹, K. K. Bineesh ²

Affiliations
1 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha, IN
2 Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Zoological Survey of India, Haddo, Port Blair - 744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Island, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 119, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 289-291

Abstract

Present study reports Priacanthus prolixus Starnes (1988) for the first time from West Bengal coast. The species is reported here on the basis of five specimens were collected from Digha Mohana, West Bengal, and Bay of Bengal. The species is characterized with elongated and laterally compressed body, a unique character of Priacanthidea is head bears large eye, scales in lateral line series is about 74-84 and scale rows between dorsal fin origin and lateral line is 10-11.

Keywords

New Record, Priacanthidae, West Bengal.

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• Kar, A., Raut, S.K., Bhattacharya, M., Patra, S., Das, B.K. and Patra, B.C. 2017. Marine fishes of West Bengal coast, India: Diversity and conservation preclusion. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2017.08.009
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• First Record of Ophichthus johnmccoskeri (Ophichthidae : Ophichthinae) from Chilika Lagoon, India

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Authors

Anil Mohapatra ¹, Swarup Ranjan Mohanty ¹, Sanmitra Roy ¹

Affiliations
1 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 119, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 292-294

Abstract

McCosker’s snake eel, Ophichthus johnmccoskeri, a species of the family Ophichthidae is reported for the first time from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India, on the basis of 5 specimens collected during the Chilika expedition from Satapada in the year 1987. The species was recently described from West Bengal coast. The report of the species from Chilika lagoon provides the distributional range extension as well as more morphometric information on the species.

Keywords

Bay of Bengal, New Record, Odisha, Snake Eel.

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• Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R., Mishra, S.S. 2018. Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): A new snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa, 4462(2), 251-256. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.7. PMid: 30314046.
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• First Record of Two Gobioid fishes, Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775), from Odisha Coast, India

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Authors

Sanmitra Roy ¹, Swarup Ranjan Mohanty ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹, S. S. Mishra ²

Affiliations
1 Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002, IN
2 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 119, No 3 (2019), Pagination: 295-298

Abstract

This paper reports two fish species: Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775) (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) for the first time from Odisha coast, India. The materials were collected from Aryapalli fish landing centre and Gopalpur beach of Odisha coast. Diagnostic characters of these species are presented to record their occurrence along Odisha coast.

Keywords

Aryapalli, Gobiidae, Gopalpur, New Records, Odisha.

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