Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

R. P. Barman ¹, A. Das ¹, S. S. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, 27, J.L. Nehru Road, Kolkata-700 016, IN

Abstract

The snappers (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) are known to be represented by 9 genera and 41 species in India (Talwar, 1991), while 17 genera with about 105 species are recognized in the world (Nelson, 2006). The genus Lutjanus Bloch is represented by 68 species (Froece and Pauly, 2013), of which a few species are characterized in having pale or yellowish ground colour with 4 to 8 blue longitudinal stripes (brownish in preservative). Such blue striped snappers are namely, L. bengalensis (Bloch, 1790), L. coeruleolineatus (Ruppell, 1830), L. kasmira (Forsskal, 1775), L. notatus (Cuvier, 1828), L. quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) and L. viridis (Valenciennes, 1846) (Allen, 1985).

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R. P. Barman ¹, A. Das ¹, S. S. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 Fish Division, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, IN

Abstract

The snappers (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) are important food fishes throughout its range of occurrence including India. Their flesh is of delicate taste and highly esteemed, but some species have been reported to cause ciguatera poisoning. These fishes usually found near the bottom in tropical and subtropical seas from shallow water to depths of about 550 m.

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S. S. Mishra ¹, A. Das ¹, R. P. Barman ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, 27 J.L. Nehru Road, FPS Building Kolkata-700017, IN

Abstract

The identity of snakehead fishes (Perciformes: Channidae) in India, particularly species belonging to Channa gachua complex remains to be confusing due to clubbing of a number of species under the synonymy of Channa orientalis Bloch and Schneider by several authors including Talwar and Jhingran (1991), Jayaram (1999) and Menon (1999) as well. Courtenay and Williams (2004) considered most of these synonyms are incorrect and records of C. orientalis from southern parts of India and elsewhere except for Sri Lanka are erroneous.

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