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First Report of Fusilier Fish Family Caesionidae (Perciformes) from Northern Part of East Coast of India


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1 Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal – 721655, India
2 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-On-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha - 761002, India
 

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Three species of fishes i.e, of the family Caesionidae, Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede, 1801, Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 and Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987 are reported for the first time from West Bengal coast. The family Caesionidae has also been reported for the first time from the northern part of east coast of India. The said species are the first record from northern part of east coast of India.

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First Report, Caesio caerulaurea, C. xanthonota, Pterocaesio tessellata, West Bengal Coast.
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  • First Report of Fusilier Fish Family Caesionidae (Perciformes) from Northern Part of East Coast of India

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Authors

Dipanjan Ray
Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal – 721655, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-On-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha - 761002, India

Abstract


Three species of fishes i.e, of the family Caesionidae, Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede, 1801, Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 and Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987 are reported for the first time from West Bengal coast. The family Caesionidae has also been reported for the first time from the northern part of east coast of India. The said species are the first record from northern part of east coast of India.

Keywords


First Report, Caesio caerulaurea, C. xanthonota, Pterocaesio tessellata, West Bengal Coast.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i3.171285