Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra

• M.Sc. (Marine Biology); M. Phil.
• Researcher at Zoological Survey of India

Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) is recorded for the first time from the Indian coastal waters. Two specimens of C. arcticeps (158–167 mm SL) were collected from the Petuaghat fishing harbour of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India. The present paper reports the species for the first time from Indian waters and thus, the distributional range of...

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 compositio...

A new species of snake eel, Ophichthus suryai sp. nov., is discovered based on six specimens collected from two different estuarine ecosystems in Odisha, India. The new species can be distinguished from its closely allied congeners Ophichthus alleni, Ophichthus zophistius, and Ophichthus altipennis, and other members in this genus by having the dor...

The present article discusses the morphological characteristics, meristics, distribution and systematics of two ornamental fish species Torquigener brevipinnis (Regan, 1903) (Family: Tetraodontidae) and Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804) (Family: Balistidae) belonging to order Tetraodontiformes which were previously not observed from the coastal...

A free-swimming longtail butterfly ray, Gymnura poecilura (Shaw, 1804), specimen with significant abnormality was observed from the Bay of Bengal along the Odisha coast, east coast of India. One specimen, collected from Arjyapalli fish landing Centre along the Sothern Odisha coast, has the pectoral fins on both sides evenly split or symmetrically b...

Morphometrics and meristic study reveal the first ever record of the genus Gobiopsis and two gobioid species Gobiopsis macrostomus (Long-jaw goby) (Gobiidae) and Oxyurichthys papuensis (Frog-face goby) (Oxudercidae) from Chilika lagoon, Odisha, India. Present paper deals with the range extension of one genus and two gobioid fishes as additions to t...

Two cardinal fish species, Apogonichthyoides sialis (Jordan & Thompson, 1914) and Ostorhinchus fleurieu Lacepède, 1802 and one oxudercid goby, Trypauchenichthys sumatrensis Hardenberg, 1931 are reported herein for the first time from the coastal waters of Odisha, India. This paper deals with the diagnostic characters and distributional information...

There is scanty information on the morphology and morphometry of freshwater croaker Johnius gangeticus Talwar 1991 from India. The present article discusses about the morphologic, meristic, and occurrence of an uncommon freshwater croaker species belonging to the family Sciaenidae for the first time from Odisha state. The study was conducted on thr...

A new species of the genus Awaous (Oxudercidae), Awaous motla sp. nov., is described based on 18 specimens collected from the Mahanadi River near Sonepur, Subarnapur District, and 3 specimens from the same river near Boudh bridge, Boudh District of Odisha, India. This species is distinct from its congeners by having a combination of characteristics...

A new species of deepwater gurnard, Pterygotrigla intermedica sp. nov., is described herein based on twenty-four specimens collected from over the continental shelf of the northern part of Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, off Digha Mohana of West Bengal state of India. The new species belongs to the Indo-Pacific subgenus Otohime of the genus Pterygotri...

Muraenichthys hibinoi sp. nov. is described herein based on two specimens collected from Shankarpur fishing harbor, West Bengal, India. The new species differs from Muraenichthys gymnopterus , Muraenichthys hattae , Muraenichthys longirostris , and Muraenichthys thompsoni by having less distance between the anus and the origin of dorsal fin (61.8%–...

The overlapping morphological features, vertebral count, and molecular analysis of the cytochrome C oxidase subunit I mitochondrial gene sequences of the related congener species of the genus Pisodonophis retrieved from the available database clearly show the involvement of multiple species in Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton) complex. The original desc...

Two cardinal fish species, Apogonichthyoides sialis (Jordan & Thompson 1914) and Oestorhinchus fleurieu Lacepède 1802, and one oxudercid goby, Trypauchenichthys sumatrensis Hardenberg 1931 are reported herein for the first time from the coastal waters of Odisha, India. This paper deals with the diagnostic characters and distributional information o...

A recently described species, Stolephorus mercurius Hata et al. 2021, currently known from Western Pacific Ocean, is herein reported for the first time from Indian Ocean on the basis of four specimens collected from Markandi landing centre (Ganjam District) along the southern Odisha coast, Bay of Bengal. Detailed morphometric characters of Stolepho...

An exotic alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula (Lacepède, 1803), is reported from a confined pond inside the campus of Fishery Department, Diu, India. The discovery of an exotic alligator gar has prompted discussions about potential ecological risks to the local fish diversity. In light of concerns regarding the potential invasiveness of this voraci...

A new congrid eel, Rhynchoconger randalli sp. nov. (Congridae: Anguilliformes), with a pentagonal pattern of vomer dentition from the Bay of Bengal, Indian waters Abstract A new species Rhynchoconger randalli sp. nov. is described herein on the basis of 2 specimens collected from Paradeep fishing harbor, Odisha, India along the Bay of Bengal from a...

Ariosoma bengalense sp. nov. is described on the basis of two specimens having total length (TL) 216–304 mm, collected from the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, India. The new species is characterized by the dorsal-fin origin positioned above the gill-opening margin and above the 9th lateral-line pores, supratemporal pore absent, 9–10 predorsal...

Present paper reports four snappers, namely Lutjanus guilcheri, L. madras, L. quinquelineatus and L. vitta for the first time from the coastal waters of Odisha. Their taxonomic accounts and distributional information are also provided for confirming their identity and range of distribution. The paper thus claims for the range extension of these fou...

Two cardinal fishes of the family Apogonidae were collected from Digha coast, West Bengal, Northeastern part of Bay of Bengal. These fishes were captured as trawl net from about 30 km off the coast. The specimens were identified as Jaydia queketti (Gilchrist, 1903) and Ostorhinchus fasciatus (White, 1790). Both the species are herein reported for t...

A new Conger eel species is described based on four specimens collected from Petuaghat fishing harbour, West Bengal, India. The combination of morphological characters and molecular data are discordant with the seven congeners currently recognized. Rhynchoconger smithi sp. nov. can be distinguished by having head smaller than trunk; pre‐anal length...

Carangid diversity along West Bengal coast is discussed with additional record of five more species, viz, Alepes melanoptera, Carangoides talamparoides, Decapterus macrosoma, Seriolina nigrofasciata and Ulua mentalis along with taxonomic account from this region. With these reports of these five species the West Bengal state represents 41 species o...

Only four species of stonefish or stingfish of the genus Minous were known from India till date. The present paper reports range extension of three species to east coast of India, Bay of Bengal. Minous pictus Gunther, 1880 forms first record from Indian Ocean and Minous trachicephalus (Bleeker, 1855), first report from Indian waters. Further, occur...

The Indian jellynose fish Ateleopus indicus Alcock 1891 is redescribed as a member of the genus Parateleopus based on examination of the holotype and 11 other specimens. The character states of small mouth, no sharp spine on sphenotic, and relatively short pelvic fin suggest that it belongs in the genus Parateleopus Smith & Radcliffe 1912. Comments...

Extensive studies on fish diversity in Lakshadweep waters began with Jones and Kumaran’s in 1964. Reports after these authors were sparse and sporadic until the turn of this century. Although recent reports have increased the tally, targeted studies are lacking, and there is a possibility of listing more species for this region. Studies on the dive...

Two specimens of Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (111.7 – 112.8 mm in standard length), was collected in May 2019 from the Frasergunj fishing harbour in West Bengal, eastern India. Herein, we report this species for the first time from West Bengal. We have described the diagnostic features of the collected specimens and compared them with other...

The current paper adds Intermediate flyingfish, Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae), as a new record to the ichthyofaunal resource list of Odisha. The fish was caught by the fisherman off Paradip, Odisha, India. This forms the second record along east coast of India after it was recently reported from the West Bengal coa...

Three eel species collected from the thrown out trashes from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour and were subsequently identified as Gymnothorax prolatus, Strophidon dorsalis and Neenchelys cheni are reported here for the first time from the Andhra Pradesh coast. The present report extends the range of all these three species southwards to Andhra Pradesh...

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...

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...

A new species of the genus Cirrhimuraena (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), Cirrhimuraena indica sp. nov., is described based on eight specimens collected from the Paradip (Odisha) and Petuaghat harbours (West Bengal) along the Bay of Bengal. The species is distinct in having the upper jaw fringed with 16–17 cirri before posterior nostril and 4–5 in b...

Present paper reports the occurrence of Oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), for the first time from north-eastern coast of India. Two specimens were collected from Paradip fish landing centre (Odisha), during sampling of commercial fishes at auction hall. Current report adds a new record t...

This paper reports three species of elasmobranchs of the order Torpediniformes, Torpedo sinuspersici Olfers, 1831 and Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855 (Torpedinidae), and Narcine prodorsalis Bessednov, 1966 (Narcinidae), for the first time from Odisha coast. The specimens were collected from Gopalpur coast, southern part of Odisha state. Diagnost...

This paper reports first record of a marine bivalve Isognomon ephippium Linnaeus from the Chilika lagoon as well as mainland of India since this species is highly restricted to Andaman waters only. Actual cause of occurrence is still unknown however, it is believed that passive migration of larva / juvenile through high energetic cyclonic water cur...

Herein, we studied the ichthyofaunal diversity of the Bidyadhari River in the Indian Sundarbans for three consecutive months (April 2018-June 2018). The fishes in this study were captured and collected from two collecting stations (points) using bag nets operated by local fishers. We determined Simpson’s index of diversity (1-D), Shannon-Wiener’s i...

The present article reports two new records of parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 and Chlorurus rhakoura Randall & Anderson, 1997 from Bangladesh. Specimens were collected from Saint Martin’s Island located at the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh during a survey on coral associated fishes of the country from July 2017 to September 2018. The examin...

Ophichthus sangjuensis (Ji and Kim, 2011), a species reported earlier from the Korean water as Pisodonophis sangjuensis Ji and Kim, 2011, of the Northern Pacific Ocean, is reported here from Indian waters on the basis of 8 specimens collected from the Bay of Bengal. The present paper reports the species for the first time from Indian waters and the...

The current study reports nine ornamental fish species, new to Odisha coast, India. These are Gymnothorax pseudotile; Antennarius indicus; Ostichthys acanthorhinus; Lutjanus lunulatus; Pomadasys furcatus; Parascolopsis aspinosa; Pomacanthus semicirculatus; Chaetodon decussatus and Amphiprion clarkii. The present study provides the detailed informat...

Flying fishes (Beloniformes: Exocoetidae), a group of interesting marine fishes, having circum-global distribution, till date were represented by only three species in coastal waters of West Bengal, namely, Cypselurus poecilopterus, Exocoetus volitans and erroneously listed Parexocoetus brachypterus. The present paper recorded five more flying fish...

Chelonodontops bengalensis Habib et al., 2018 is reported for the first time from Indian waters on the basis of five specimens collected from west Bengal coast. In this paper, more details on the morphological characters have been provided and dorsal spinules are compared with all the species in the genus found in India. A revised key for the genus...

We report the Banded Leopard blowfish, Chelonodontops leopardus (Day 1878) from the freshwater region of Payaswini River, near Sullia Town, Dakshin Kannada District, Karnataka in India about 65km away from the coastline of the Arabian Sea. The paper provides the taxonomic account of the fish and distribution.

A shrimp-associated goby, Myersina yangii (Chen, 1960), is reported from the east coast of India, based on a single specimen. It measured 61.16 mm in standard length. This finding represents the second record of the genus Myersina and the first record of M. yangii from Indian waters. The species is discussed herein with its meristic and morphometri...

The paper reports occurrence of Lutke’s halfbeak Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes, 1847, for the first time from the coastal waters of Odisha coast, India. This report confirms the occurrence of this species form an extended geographical range along the east coast of India and will be helpful in further study of its biology, zoogeography and taxonom...

A large-tooth flounder, Pseudorhombus diplospilus Norman (1927) (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyide), is reported from east coast of India based on a single specimen collected from Royapuram fishing harbor, Chennai, Tamil Nadu with detailed meristic and morphometric study. This forms the ninth species in the genus Pseudorhombus and the second specie...

Parabathymyrus macrophthalmus, Kamohara, 1938 is recorded for the first time from the eastern Indian Ocean based on one specimen (246 mm SL) collected from the Bay of Bengal. This record extends the range of the species from Western Pacific to the Eastern Indian Ocean. The Genus Parabathymyrus is also reported for the first time from India with its...

A new snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae) species, Ophichthus kailashchandrai sp. nov., is described from three specimens, collected from the Shankarpur fishing harbour located on the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, West Bengal, India. Ophichthus kailashchandrai sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having its dorsa...

One specimen of Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell, 1830 (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) was collected from Vallimunai Island, Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India in December 2018. The present paper reports A. semipunctata for the first time from the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, southeast coast of India with morphometric and meristic characters.

This paper reports three species of elasmobranchs of the order Torpediniformes, Torpedo sinuspersici Olfers, 1831 and Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855 (Torpedinidae), and Narcine prodorsalis Bessednov, 1966 (Narcinidae), for the first time from Odisha coast. The specimens were collected from Gopalpur coast, southern part of Odisha state. Diagnost...

Shorthead fang blenny, Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes, 1836), a species of the family Blenniidae (Order Blenniiformes) is reported here as first record from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India based on 20 specimens collected from Chilika lagoon. This also forms the first record from coastal waters of Odisha.

Landmark-based geometric morphometric (GM) analysis was carried out in the present study on the species of the family Leiognathidae. Pattern of shape variation along the axes of the principal components and canonical variates were analyzed after the General Procrustes analysis. Canonical variates analysis confirmed the occurrence of eleven species...

Two species of fishes belonging to the family Labridae, Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833) and Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791), are reported for the first time from Digha coastal waters, Northern Bay of Bengal. Morphometric and meristic measurements were taken and the specimens were deposited in Museums of the ICAR-Central Institute of Fishe...

The Peter’s toby, Canthigaster petersii (Bianconi, 1854) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae: Canthigasterinae), is being reported herewith for the first time from mainland coast of India, based on one specimen from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Distribution of different species of Canthigaster in Indian waters is discussed pointing erroneous record of C...

This paper reports two fish species: Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 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...

Marine Ichthyotaxonomy,Uranoscopidae,North east coast of India.Marine Biodiversity.

The rare Ocean sunfish, Mola mola (Linnaeus 1758), is reported herewith first time from West Bengal coast of India based on two specimens collected from Digha Mohona (21°37.843'N, 87°32.827'E) by using trawl nets. This forms the second sunfish species from this coast after Ranzania laevis was recorded 18 years back. Past records of this species in...

Morphological characters and distribution pattern of the snake eel, Bascanichthys deraniyagalai is debatable during the past half-century. Thus, the species is re-described herewith by morphometry, vertebrae, and molecular data. In recent Chilika expedition in India, we have collected 10 specimens and observed a vertebral count dimorphism. The pres...

Present study reports a moderately elongate, light brown coloured eel, Diploconger polystigmatus Kotthaus, 1968, for the first time from Indian waters. The species is differentiated from other congridae in having the following combination of characters: double row of cephalic and lateral-line pores, dark brown strip from the middle of the supratemp...

Skythrenchelys zabra (Castle and McCosker, 1999) a species belonging to the family Ophichthidae is reported for the first time from the east coast of India on the basis of 11 specimens collected from various fishing harbours along the West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts. The species was first described from southwest coast of India in the...

Two specimens belonging to species i.e., Thryssa stenosoma Wongratana have been collected from Balugaon fish landing centre of Chilika lagoon, Odisha for the first time. A systematic account of the species and comparison of the same with all other species of the genus is provided. Distribution of Thryssa species along coastal waters of India is als...

The Machida’s snake eel, Ophichthus machidai McCosker, Ide et Endo, 2012, is reported for the first time from the coasts of Bay of Bengal, India. Four specimens (396-457 mm total length) were collected from the Shankarpur fishing harbour, Digha, West Bengal. Principal morphological characters were determined and the specimen was illustrated and des...

Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhuri, 1916 has long been treated as a synonym of Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848). O. chilkensis is hereby re-described on the basis of holotype from Chilika Lake, Odisha as well as ten fresh specimens from Talsari, Balasore district, Odisha and Digha, West Bengal. The present study confirms it belonging to the...

Muraenichthys gymnopterus (Bleeker, 1853) is reported for the first time from seven specimens collected from the Shankarpur fishing harbour (West Bengal), Visakhapatnam fishing harbour (Andhra Pradesh), and Chilika lagoon (Odisha). This paper reports Muraenichthys gymnopterus for the first time from the east coast of India as well as from Chilika l...

The paper reports Gazza dentex (Valenciennes) collected from Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha as the first report of this species from Odisha coast, India. This is confirmed by comparing the morphometric and meristic characters with the lectotype data and other reports and by the osteological examination from radiograph as well. The length-weight relationsh...

This study provides the first record of Lutjanus xanthopinnis Iwatsuki, Tanaka et Allen, 2015 from the Andaman Islands. The new record is based on 2 specimens, 123 and 154 mm SL, captured inshore of Dignabad, Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India. The fish were examined, described, and illustrated. Morphometric and morphological data confirmed that th...

A moray eel, Gymnothorax pseudotile Mohapatra et al., 2017, is recorded for the first time from the Sundarbans. Only one individual was collected from fishermen along with other materials. Brief notes on diagnostic characters, habitat ecology and behaviour as observed are presented in this paper.

A moray eel species, Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906, is reported for the first time from India based on photographic evidence from Neil Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and expands its geographical distribution further westward. The description, habitat ecology and distributional range of the eel also provided establishing its first record...

The monospecific genus Allips is reported here for the first time from Indian waters, from a specimen collected from the sea grass bed outside the Nalban Bird Sanctuary, Chilika lagoon, India, with its morphometric characters, vertebrae and teeth pattern. The rare small eye snake eel, A. concolor was earlier described by McCosker (1972) on the basi...

The Silver tripodfish, Triacanthus nieuhofii Bleeker, 1852, is reported for the first time from the West Bengal coast along the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, based on two specimens collected from Shankarpur fishing harbour and Digha Mohana, Digha, West Bengal, India. This species might co-exist in the entire Bay of Bengal coast and but often...

A new species of snake eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae), Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov., is described from three specimens collected from the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, India. Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by having the dorsal-fin origin well behind the pectoral-fin tips, by tooth...

Jaydia striata, is reported from West Bengal coast along the east coast of India. This forms its first record from the Bay of Bengal as well as east coast of India. Systematic account of the species along with its mouth-brooding evidence is provided in the present article. Their differences from other congeners known from Indian waters were examine...

The present paper reports the occurrence of Gerres infasciatus (Perciformes: Gerreidae), the third species in the “G. filamentosus” complex, for the first time from coastal waters of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal states of India, Bay of Bengal. From India, this species was earlier known only from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Their relationship...

A puffer fish, Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Riberio, 1915, is recorded for the first time from the west coast of India. Three individuals were collected from three different states, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kerala, with other materials. Brief notes on diagnostic characters of the species and distinction between all species of the genus Lagocephal...

Gymnothorax odishi sp. nov., a new short brown moray eel, is described here on the basis of eleven specimens collected from Gopalpur, Odisha, along the east coast of India, Bay of Bengal. The species is characterized with dorsal-fin origin before gill opening, jaw pores with dark rim, small black patch just behind the eye of about eye size or more,...

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 pres...

Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) is a sand diver fish species of family Trichonotidae, rediscovered from Bay of Bengal after 123 years. The present site of the collection of the specimens is more than 400 kilometers away northwardly from the type locality. Both the type locality as well as the current locality is within the Bay of Bengal alo...

An updated assessment of the diversity and distribution of fishes in the Indian Himalaya revealed about 316 fish species which belong to 118 genera and 38 families under 13 orders. The assessed fish diversity includes 97 endemic fishes and 13 introduced species some of which are established in the Himalayan waters. The fish diversity known from the...

A scorpionfish species, Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) has been recorded for the first time from the Indian waters around Andaman Islands, India. Its description, ecology of habitat and distributional range has been provided.

Two grouper species, Blackfin grouper, Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828), and Red-tipped Grouper, Epinephelus retouti (Bleeker, 1868) were reported for the first time from the waters around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Their descriptions, ecology of habitat and distributional range has been provided. A list of 54 species of grou...

The paper reports Seriolina nigrofasciata (Ruppell, 1829) (Perciformes: Carangidae) first time from Odisha coast with description of material collected from the Rushikulya estuary. Photographic evidence on occurrence of reef associate Apolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833) and Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829 in the sea near Gopalpur, Odisha is a...

The paper reports Seriolina nigrofasciata (Ruppell, 1829) (Perciformes: Carangidae) first time from Odisha coast with description of material collected from the Rushikulya estuary. Photographic evidence on occurrence of reef associate Apolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833) and Chaetodon decussatus Cuvier, 1829 in the sea near Gopalpur, Odisha is a...

A new moray Enchelycore propinqua sp. nov., is described from a single specimen collected from Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh, India. The species has a reddish brown body mottled with irregular creamy white spots; dorsal-fin origin considerably behind gill opening, but well ahead of level of anus; sharply pointed recurved teeth; bise...

Snappers of the family Lutjanidae are a group of colourful, attractive and important marine food fishes. The paper reviews the snappers of West Bengal state, India and reports eight new records, Lutjanus decussatus, L. lunulatus, L. momostigma, L. quinquelineatus, Pinjalo pinjalo, Pristipomoides filamentosus, P. multidens and P. typus, from the coa...

An elongate, brown unpatterned moray eel, Gymnothorax visakhaensis sp. nov., is described based on seven specimens collected from the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, Andhra Pradesh, India. The new species is differentiated from other elongate unpatterned moray eels in having the following combination of characters: anus at about mid-point of body, p...

Gymnothorax pseudotile sp. nov., is described based on nine specimens (337–503 TL) collected from the northern Bay of Bengal. The species has intermaxillary teeth in three longitudinal rows, consisting of a median row of three depressible fang-like teeth and a single row of 6 teeth on each side; dorsal-fin origin above the posterior half of the gil...

abtract Indian freshwater fish diversity is very rich with as many as 1027 species, comprising of primary, secondary and alien freshwater fishes. Among them, primary freshwater fishes include 858 species belonging to 167 genera under 40 families and 12 orders. Further, 137 species of secondary freshwater fishes that frequently enter and thrive in f...

Chilika lagoon, a Ramsar Site on the east coast of India, was critically threatened towards the end of last century. That necessitated implementation of eco-restoration programme during 2000-2002 through newly formed Chilika Development Authority. With the opening of new mouth there was a vast change in ecology of the lagoon. Fish and bird fauna of...

Chilika lagoon, a Ramsar Site on the east coast of India, was critically threatened towards the end of last century. That necessitated implementation of eco-restoration programme during 2000-2002 through newly formed Chilika Development Authority. With the opening of new mouth there was a vast change in ecology of the lagoon. Fish and bird fauna of...

First substantial record of Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker from India has been recorded.