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First record and range-extension of bigscale jawfish, Opistognathus macrolepis (Perciformes: Opistognathidae), from Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2013

Sudeepta Biswas ,
S.S. Mishra ,
N.P.I. Das ,
K.K. Satpathy ,
L. Nayak  and
M. Selvanayagam
Sudeepta Biswas
Affiliation:
EnSD, RSEG, REG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102
S.S. Mishra
Affiliation:
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata-700016
N.P.I. Das
Affiliation:
EnSD, RSEG, REG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102
K.K. Satpathy*
Affiliation:
EnSD, RSEG, REG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102
L. Nayak
Affiliation:
Postgraduate Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha-760007
M. Selvanayagam
Affiliation:
LIFE, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600034
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K.K. Satpathy, EnSD, RSEG, REG, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102 email: satpathy@igcar.gov.in
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Abstract

A specimen of bigscale jawfish, Opistognathus macrolepis (Perciformes: Opistognathidae) was collected from the travelling water screen of Madras Atomic Power Station pump house, located at Kalpakkam, south-east coast of India. Opistognathus macrolepis was previously known only from central west Pacific, from the Gulfs of Thailand and Carpentaria, Australia. The present study reports the first record of its occurrence in the Indian Ocean from the east coast of India and constitutes a new addition to the Indian coastal ichthyofauna.

Keywords

first recordbigscale jawfishKalpakkamIndian OceanIndo-Pacific regionrange-extension
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e8
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013

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