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• Occurrence of Two Emperor Fishes of Family Lethrinidae in Coastal Water of West Bengal

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Dipanajan Ray ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ², Bikash Kanti Saha ³, Anil Mohapatra ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721 428, IN
2 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad 500048, IN
3 East India Surami Company, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, IN

Source

Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 9, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 183-186

Abstract

Two species of fishes of the family Lethrinidae identified as Gymnocranius elongatus Senta, 1973 and Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepede, 1802) were reported first time from West Bengal coast. Occurrence of the fishes of family Lethrinidae is also reported for the first time from West Bengal.

Keywords

Fish Species, Lethrinidae, First Report, West Bengal Coast.

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• An Account of Ichthyofauna of Digha Coast, West Bengal

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Prasanna Yennawar ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹, Prasad Chandra Tudu ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium and Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721 428, West Bengal, IN

Source

Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 4-21

Abstract

An account of the ichthyofaunal diversity along the Digha coast has been studied. A total of 340 species belonging to 210 genera, 107 families and 19 orders were reported both from earlier literatures and current study all together. In total 48 species were added for the first time from Digha coast.

Keywords

Fishes, Digha, West Bengal, New Records.

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• Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., and Kumar, V. 2013a. A new fish species of the Genus Hapalogenys (Perciformes: Hapalogenyidae) from the Bay of Bengal, India, Zootaxa, 3718(4): 367–377. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3718.4.6
• Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., and Smith, D.G. 2015a. First occurrence of the moray eel Gymnothorax prolatus Sasaki & Amaoka, 1991 (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the northern Indian Ocean, Marine Biodiversity Records, 8; e106. doi:10.1017/S1755267215000834
• Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., and Smith, D.G. and Mishra S.S. 2016. A new species of elongate unpatterned moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Bay of Bengal, Zootaxa 4150(5): 591–598. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.6
• Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., and Yennawar, P. 2013b. First record of Unicornfish Naso reticulates Randal, 2001 (Acanthuridae) from Indian water. Marine Biodiversity Records, Vol. 6: e56: 1-3. doi:10.1017/S1755267213000341
• Mohapatra, A., Tudu, P.C. and Yennawar, P. 2012a. A note of occurrence on yellow-wing flying fish, Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) from Digha, east coast of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 112(3): 119-120.
• Mohapatra, A., Tudu, P.C. and Yennawar, P. 2012b. First report of a fish from family: Antennariidae (Antennarius hispidus) from Digha coastal waters, on the east coast of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 112(2): 123-124.
• Mohapatra, A., Tudu, P.C., Ray, D. and Yennawar, P. 2013c. First report on the occurrence of four fishes of family: Nemipteridae from Digha on the east coast of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 113(1): 145-149.
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• Ray D. and Mohapatra A. 2016a. First report of Parapercis diplospilus Gomon, 1981: Double spot Grubfish (Family: Pinguipedidae) from Indian waters, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science, 45(6): 769-771.
• Ray D. and Mohapatra A. 2016b. First report of Snake eel Neenchelys cheni (Chen and Weng, 1967) (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Myrophinae) from Indian waters, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science, 45(2): 310-312.
• Ray D. and Mohapatra A. 2016c. First report of two fish species of genus Pterygotrigla (Family: Triglidae) from east coast of India, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science, 45(6): 752-755.
• Ray D., Ho H.-C. and Mohapatra A. 2015a. First record of Parapercis ommatura (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from the Indian Ocean. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 45(4): 403–405. DOI: 10.3750/AIP2015.45.4.08
• Ray D., Mishra, S.S. and Mohapatra A. 2015b. First Record of Rama Rao’s Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi Randall and Eschmeyer, 2001 (Family: Scorpaenidae) from Indian Waters, Proc. Zool. Soc. 68(2):199–201. DOI 10.1007/ s12595-014-0099-2
• Ray D., Mohapatra A. and Smith, D. 2015c. A new species of Short Brown Unpatterned Moray Eel of the Genus Gymnothorax (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Zootaxa 4027(1): 140–144. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4027.1.8
• Ray D., Mohapatra A. and Yennawar, P. 2016. Occurrences of seven new records of goat fishes (family: Mullidae) from the coastal waters of West Bengal, India, Int. J. Exp. Res. Rev., 5: 1-7
• Ray D., Mohapatra A., Biswas S., Satpathy K.K. and Mishra S.S. 2015d. First record of the Evermann’s snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from northern Indian Ocean. Acta Ichthyol. Piscat. 45(1): 89–93. DOI: 10.3750/AIP2015.45.1.10
• Ray D., Mohapatra A., Yennawar, P. and Ghorai, N. 2015d. New records of four Squirrelfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae) from the coastal waters of West Bengal, India, Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 115(2): 207-211.
• Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2013. First report of Brassy Chub, Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) from northern east coast of India, Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 113(4): 71-73.
• Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2015b. First report of two Jawfishes (Perciformes: Opistognathidae) from northern east coast of India, Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 115(1): 109-112.
• Ray, D., Tudu, P.C. and Mohapatra, A. 2014. First report of three surgeon fishes (family: Acanthuridae) from the north east caost of India, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 111(1): 54-57. doi: 10.17087/bnhs/2014/vll1i1/56539
• Ray, D., Yennawar, P. and Mohapatra, A. 2013. First report of Indo-Pacific sergeant fish: Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard 1825) from the northern east coast of India. Bionotes, 15(1): 20.
• Ray, D., Yennawar, P., Ghorai, N. and Mohapatra, A. 2012a. Addition of three Angelfishes (Family: Pomacanthidae) to the Ichthyofauna of West Bengal J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 109(3), 144-146.
• Ray, D., Yennawar, P., Saha, B.K. and Mohapatra, A. 2012b. Occurrence of two emperor fishes of family Lethrinidae in coastal water of West Bengal. J. Environ. & Sociobiol., 9(2): 183-186.
• Talwar, P.K., Mukherjee, P., Saha, D., Paul, S. N. and Kar, S. 1992. Marine and estuarine fishes. Fauna of West Bengal, State Fauna Series, 3 (Part-2): 243-364.
• Yennawar, P. & Tudu, P., 2010. New record of occurrence of Indian Yello Boxfish: Ostracion cubicus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Digha, Northern East Coast of India. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 110(1): 115-118.
• Yennawar, P., Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2012a. First record of Acropoma argentistigma from Indian waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5: e65: 1-3. doi:10.1017/S1755267212000449
• Yennawar, P., Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2012b. Occurrence of pennat coral fish, Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) along Digha coast, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 112(3): 121-122.
• Yennawar, P., Tudu, P. and Mohapatra, A.2011a. Occurrence of three red listed species of Epinephelus (Perciformes: Serranidae) on Digha coast, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 3(10): 2150–2152.
• Yennawar, P., Tudu, P. and Mohapatra, A. 2011b. New record of two species of eels of the genus Gymnothorax (Muraenidae) in Digha coast of India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 108(3): 232-233.
• Yennawar, P., Tudu, P.C. and Mohapatra, A. 2012c. First report of stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Block and Schneider, 1801) from Digha coast, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 112(3): 117-118.
• Yennawar, P., Tudu, P.C., Ray, D. and Mohapatra, A. 2012d. New records of two reef fishes Gymnothorax reticularis Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal coast, India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India: 113(1): 129-135.

• Snappers (Perciformes : Lutjanidae) of West Bengal Coast with Eight New Records and a Key for their Identification

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Authors

Dipanajan Ray ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹, S. S. Mishra ², Prasanna Yennawar ³, Narayan Ghorai ⁴

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721428, IN
2 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, IN
3 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad – 500 048, IN
4 Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal – 700 126, IN

Source

Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 39-48

Abstract

Snappers of the family Lutjanidae are a group of colourful, attractive and important marine food fishes. The paper reviews the snappers of West Bengal state, India and reports eight new records, Lutjanus decussatus, L. lunulatus, L. momostigma, L. quinquelineatus, Pinjalo pinjalo, Pristipomoides filamentosus, P. multidens and P. typus, from the coastal waters of the state with their systematic account. The paper also presents a working key to identification of all 24 species of snappers known to occur in the state till date, which will help in correcting several confusions occurred in earlier literature.

Keywords

New Record, Lutjanus, Pinjalo, Pristipomoides, West Bengal.

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• New Records of Four Squirrelfishes (Beryciformes:Holocentridae) from the Coastal Waters of West Bengal, India

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Authors

Dipanjan Ray ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ², Narayan Ghorai ³

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha-721428, IN
2 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad-500048, IN
3 Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal-700126, IN

Source

Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 115, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 207-211

Abstract

The fishes of family Holocentridae (Order Berciformes) are characterized by having large eyes, brilliant colouration with red predominating and spiny squamation (Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1979). The family represented by 8 genera and 65 species throughout the world (Nelson, 2006), however, 19 species from 4 genera were reported so far in Indian waters (Talwar, 1991). The two subfamilies of this group, Holocentrinae (squirrelfishes) and Myripristinae (soldierfishes) are distributed worldwide from tropical to warm temperate waters in shallow water on coral reefs or rocky bottom. The family is well known for sound production and nocturnal habit, hide in caves during day and come out at night for feeding. These fishes are very hardy in aquariums and attractive for the bright colouration.

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• A Report of Armina babai (Tchang, 1934) (Nudibranchia:Arminoidea:Arminidae) Along Northern East Coast of India

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Authors

Prasad Chandra Tudu ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ², Narayan Ghorai ³, Anil Mohapatra ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha-721428, IN
2 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad-500048, IN
3 Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal-700126, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 115, No 3 (2015), Pagination: 273-275

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Armina babai (Tchang, 1934) of family Arminidae is reported with seven specimens from the Northern part of the east coast of India, collected from the fish bycatch of Bichitrapur and intertidal area Talsari of Balasore District of Odisha along with its morphometric measurements.

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• Study of Macro-Benthic (Invertebrate) Fauna around Digha Coast

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Prasanna Yennawar ¹, Prasad Tudu ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721 428 West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 114, No 2 (2014), Pagination: 341-356

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The organisms that live on, or in, the bottom of a water body with >1.0mm size are known as macrobenthic organisms which mainly consists of different invertebrates viz., molluscs, cnidarians, crustaceans, sponges, worms, etc. Benthic invertebrates play an important role in transitional ecosystems, by filtering phytoplankton and then acting as a food source for larger organisms such as fish, thereby linking primary production with higher trophic levels. They also structure and oxygenate the bottom by reworking sediments and play a fundamental role in breaking down organic material before bacterial remineralization.

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• New Records of Two Reef Fishes Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal Coast, India

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Authors

Prasanna Yennawar ¹, Prasad Chandra Tudu ², Dipanjan Ray ², Anil Mohapatra ²

Affiliations
1 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad 500048 AP, IN
2 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 129-135

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There are numerous studies carried out so far on Icthyofaunal diversity of West Bengal (Manna and Goswami, 1985; Goswami, 1992; Talwar et al.,1992; Chatterjee et al., 2000; Das et al., 2007, Yennawar et al., 2011) which did not report the occurrence of Indo-Pacific Banded Eel Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795; family Muraenidae and Blue-Barred Parrotfish Sarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 of family Scaridae recently collected from West Bengal coastal waters.

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• First Report on the Occurrence of Four Fishes of Family:Nemipteridae from Digha on the East Coast of India

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Authors

Anil Mohapatra ¹, Prasad Chandra Tudu ¹, Dipanjan Ray ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Foreshore Road, Digha-721428, West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 113, No 1 (2013), Pagination: 145-149

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Fishes from family Nemipteridae are of the major component of fishery along Indian coast which consists of 24 species from 3 genera in India out of 64 species from 5 genera throughout the world (Barman and Mishra, 2009; Fishbase, 2010). These snapper-shaped fishes inhabitant of shallow coastal waters of the Indo-west Pacific region have considerable importance because of its edible value. Despite of its fishery importance, occurrences of this family is list reported throughout northern east coast of India.

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• First Report of Stargazer Ichthyscopus lebeck (Block and Schneider, 1801) from Digha Coast, India

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Authors

Prasanna Yennawar ¹, Prasad Chandra Tudu ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Foreshore Road, Digha-721428, West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 117-118

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The commonly known Stargazers of the family Uranoscopidae is represented by four species in Indian water limited to three genera (Taiwar, 1991) and 50 species in world from 8 genera, 8 species known in genus Ichthyscopus (Froese & Pauly, 2011). Digha being one of the most renowned fish landing center of eastern India has been in prime focus for the Ichthyologic faunal diversity of the region.

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• A Note on Occurrence of Yellow-Wing Flying Fish, Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) from Digha, East Coast of India

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Authors

Anil Kumar Mohapatra ¹, Prasad Tudu ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Foreshore Road, Digha-721428, West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 119-120

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Flying fishes of Family Exocoetidae is represented by 8 genera, comprising of about 67 species throughout the world (Eschmeyer, 2005). From Indian waters six species of flying fishes of genus Cypselurus was reported by Weber and de Beaufort (1922). Homell (1923) reported Cypselurus coromandelensis from Madras and Nagapattinum as new to science. Chandi (1954) reported 4 species of genus Cypselurus and an undetermined species of which two were additions to the flying fish fauna of India.

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• Occurrence of Pennat Coral Fish, Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Chaetodontidae) along Digha Coast, India

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Authors

Prasanna Yennawar ¹, Dipanjan Ray ¹, Anil Mohapatra ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 121-122

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The family Chaetodontidae popularly known as Butterfly fish is an important aquarium fish distributed in coral reefs of tropical and subtropical regions (Allen et at, 1998). They are also important bio-indicator species for assessing the health of coral reefs as they feed on coral polyps (Hourigan et al., 1988). There are 128 species from 13 genera available worldwide (Froese and Pauly, 2012), out of which 38 species from 4 genera reported in Indian waters (Rajan, 2010).

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• New Record of Argyrops bleekeri (Family: Sparidae) in Indian Waters

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Prasanna Yennawar ¹, Prasad Tudu ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha 721428 WB, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 121-122

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Sparidae, commonly known as seabreams, are inhabitant of tropical and temperate coastal waters. They are occasional visitors of brackish waters, bays, coastal reefs, etc. They are one of the important food fishes. The family sparidae has about 129 species in 35 genera in Worldwide (Froese & Patily, 2010). The extensive literature stirvey on fish records of Indian coast shows records of 9 species from 7 genera in Indian waters (Talwar & Kacker, 1984; Froese & Pauly, 2010). During the surveys at Digha coast, authors have come across one specimen of the family Sparidae and after Close observation of distinguishing features, the specimen is identified as Argyrops bleekeri (Oshima, 1927), King Soldier Bream. The literature review shows that it is so far not reported in Indian waters and new addition to Indian icthyofauna.

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• First Report of a Fish from Family: Antennariidae (Antennarius hispidus) from Digha Coastal Waters, on the East Coast of India

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Authors

Anil Mohapatra ¹, Prasad Tudu ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium & Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Foreshore Road, Digha-721428, West Bengal, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 112, No 2 (2012), Pagination: 123-124

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Digha (Lat 21°36' Long 87°30') is one of the major marine fish landing stations of the east cost of hidia. Considering the importance of fish faunal resources, several efforts were made regarding incidences of ichthyofauna of region. The most recent compilation of ichthyofaima of the region contributes 212 species from 145 genera & 88 families (Chatterjee et al, 2000). There were also previous reports of 238 species from 72 families (Manna and Goswami, 1985; Goswami, 1992).

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• Marine and Estuarine Mollusc of West Bengal Coast: An Overview

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Prasad Chandra Tudu ¹, Narayan Ghorai ², Prasanna Yennawar ³, S. Balakrishnan ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha – 721428, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Zoology, West Bengal State University, Barasat – 700126, West Bengal, IN
3 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 500048, Telangana, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 3 (2018), Pagination: 217-241

Abstract

Present paper is an overview of marine and estuarine mollusc of West Bengal coast, based on recent surveys and the published literature. The checklist consists of Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Bivalve and Cephalopoda available in and around the marine and estuarine waters of West Bengal coast. In total 301 species are enlisted, belongings to 184 genera, 89 families and 26 orders under four classes. Also, the paper includes the 5 species which are new record to the West Bengal coast.

Keywords

Checklist, Coastal Fauna, Conservation, Malacological Diversity.

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• First Report of Two Ark Shells, Anadara Consociata (E.A. Smith, 1885) and A. Troscheli (Dunker, 1882) (Arcidae: Anadarinae) from Indian Waters with Notes on Morpho-Taxonomy of Some Related Species from East Coast of India

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Prasad Chandra Tudu ¹, Prasanna Yennawar ², Anil Mohapatra ¹

Affiliations
1 Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha - 721428, West Bengal, IN
2 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 500048, Telengana, IN

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Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 119, No 1 (2019), Pagination: 34-48

Abstract

Two species of ark shells i.e., Anadara consociata (E.A. Smith, 1885) and Anadara troscheli (Dunker, 1882) reported for the first time from Indian waters. These two species were identified based on the collections from different surveys along east coast of India and specimens of National Zoological Collections of Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha. Overall eleven species of subfamily Anadarinae of family Arcidae are presented in the current paper. The taxonomic compilation of the eleven species is done with specimens available in the study localities. A key of the eleven species is presented here for future references. These two species are overlooked with related species during the earlier studies from this region. 

Keywords

Anadarinae, Anadara, East Coast of India, First Report, Mosambicarca, Tegillarca.

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