First record of two cardinal fishes (Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and a gobioid fish (Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) from the Odisha coast, India

Authors

  • S Patra PG Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
  • R Gouda PG Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
  • R K Behera Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
  • S Mohapatra Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
  • S S Rout PG Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore, Odisha – 756 020, India
  • S Patro PG Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha – 760 007, India
  • S S Mishra Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India
  • Anil Mohapatra Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha – 761 002, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56042/ijms.v53i02.7338

Keywords:

Amblyopinae, Apogonichthyoides, Cardinal fish, Ganjam, Goby, Trypauchenichthys

Abstract

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 of all these three species. The confusion in the identity of reported apogonids along the Odisha coast is cleared, while the report of oxudercid goby forms only the second record from India.

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Published

2024-12-12

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 02 (2024): IJMS [February 2024]

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Short Communications

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