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First record of the African spadefish, Tripterodon orbis Playfair, 1867 (family: Ephippidae) from the north-east coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2015

Pralaya Ranjan Behera ,
Shubhadeep Ghosh  and
M. Satish Kumar
Pralaya Ranjan Behera*
Affiliation:
Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam-530 003, India
Shubhadeep Ghosh
Affiliation:
Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam-530 003, India
M. Satish Kumar
Affiliation:
Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam-530 003, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.R. Behera, Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Oceanview Layout, Pandurangapuram, A.U. Campus, Visakhapatnam-530 003, India email: beherapralaya213@gmail.com
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Abstract

A single specimen of the African spadefish, Tripterodon orbis, was landed in a gill net operating off Visakhapatnam on 13 December 2013. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimen are described and discussed herein. This is the first occurrence of the species from the north-east coast of India, exhibiting an extension in distribution from the southern to the northern region, along the Bay of Bengal.

Keywords

range extensionAfrican spadefishTripterodon orbisVisakhapatnam
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e119
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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