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A note on the occurrence of reef inhabiting, red-bellied yellow tail fusilier, Caesio cuning from outside its known geographical array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2010

Vinay P. Padate ,
Chandrashekher U. Rivonker  and
A. Chandrashekar Anil
Vinay P. Padate
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Sciences, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India
Chandrashekher U. Rivonker*
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Sciences, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India
A. Chandrashekar Anil
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR), Dona Paula, Goa 403 004, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C.U. Rivonker, Department of Marine Sciences, Goa University, Goa 403 206, India email: curivonker@gmail.com
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Abstract

The reef inhabiting fusilier, Caesio cuning, characterized by pinkish abdomen and yellow caudal fin exhibits shoaling behaviour and is known to be geographically distributed from the Gulf of Mannar to the Vanuatu Islands in the South Pacific. The present observation is evidence for the first record of this species off Goa, west coast of India, to be outside its known geographical array. The bay–estuarine and coastal region of Goa influenced by south-west monsoon receives nutrient-rich water during upwelling. Hence the region is highly productive and supports diverse marine assemblages. Moreover, the present observation reveals very low numbers (N = 4) of this species in the light of the trawl hauls (N = 92) with a core sampling effort of 146 hours, wherein it was found to occur only in two hauls. The paper also provides detailed insight into the description of C. cuning from this region with orthodox taxonomic methods including morphometry and meristic counts.

Keywords

reef inhabitingCaesio cuningfirst recordgeographical arrayGoawest coast of India
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e21
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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