Morphometric and molecular evidence confirm occurrence of Epinephelus erythrurus (Valenciennes, 1828) along Odisha coast, India

Authors

  • 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/ Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha – 753 003, India
  • S Acharya Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India/ Department of Marine Sciences, Berhmapur University, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 007, 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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v52i11.12483

Keywords:

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

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.

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Published

2024-07-18

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 11 (2023): IJMS [November 2023]

Section

Short Communications

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