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Seven new distributional records of cryptobenthic reef fishes in Lakshadweep, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2023

Sandra Babu Open the ORCID record for Sandra Babu [Opens in a new window] ,
Alvin Anto ,
Miriam Paul Sreeram  and
Kannanchery Ramanathan Sreenath Open the ORCID record for Kannanchery Ramanathan Sreenath [Opens in a new window]
Sandra Babu
Affiliation:
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Management Division, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Abraham Madamakkal Road, Kochi 682018, Kerala, India
Alvin Anto
Affiliation:
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Management Division, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Abraham Madamakkal Road, Kochi 682018, Kerala, India
Miriam Paul Sreeram*
Affiliation:
Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Management Division, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Abraham Madamakkal Road, Kochi 682018, Kerala, India
Kannanchery Ramanathan Sreenath
Affiliation:
Marine Biodiversity and Environmental Management Division, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Abraham Madamakkal Road, Kochi 682018, Kerala, India
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Corresponding author: Miriam Paul Sreeram; Email: miriampaul@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Investigations on the diversity of cryptobenthic reef fishes resulted in observation of seven new geographic records for Lakshadweep waters, India: halfbarred goby Amblygobius semicinctus, target shrimpgoby Cryptocentrus strigilliceps, thread shrimpgoby Ctenogobiops mitodes, eye-bar goby Gnatholepis anjerensis, Miki's dwarfgoby Eviota mikiae, Erythrops goby Bryaninops erythrops, and Enneapterygius sp. Ctenogobiops mitodes is a new record to Indian waters. The genera Cryptocentrus and Bryaninops are reported from Lakshadweep for the first time. The observations were conducted in the lagoon and reef slope of Kavaratti Island, one of the 12 atolls of the Lakshadweep archipelago, from January–March 2021. The cryptobenthic reef fishes were observed and recorded through underwater photography and videography.

Keywords

GobyKavaratti atollLakshadweep archipelagotriplefinunderwater visual census
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 103 , 2023 , e37
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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