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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, S. C. Saren ¹, S. S. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 Fish Division, Zoological Survey of India, F.P.S.Building, Kolkata-700016, IN

Abstract

During the course of the identification of the fishes of old collections in the holding of the National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India, one specimen of the genus Lutjanus Bloch, 1790 was found. The specimen was compared with known species of the genus and the identity of this species is confirmed to be Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1828) which is commonly known as Brown stripe snapper.

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T. K. Chatterjee ¹, R. P. Barman ², S. S. Mishra ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, Sundarban Field Research Station, Canning, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, Marine Fish Section, Kolkata, IN

Abstract

The gobioid fishes are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical zones of the world. They occur in fresh to hyper saline waters, in mud, sand as well as reef habitats. Some species have a very wide distribution, while a few are markedly localized. Most species are cryptic bottom dwelling carnivores that usually feed on small benthic invertebrates. Abundance in number of species, intraspecific morphological diversity and interesting habitat, behaviour and adaptations make them a subject of great biological importance. Most of the gobioid fishes found in the Sundarbans are mangrove associates, particularly the mudskippers are characteristic of any mangrove habitat.

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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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R. P. Barman ¹, S. S. Mishra ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, FPS Building, Kolkata - 700 053, IN

Abstract

Past two decades have witnessed sea-change in the systematic s of the Danionin fishes (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae), especially by the discovery of several species in Myanmar region. Many Danionin species have been moved into different genera, in some cases repeatedly; similarly some species have been synonymised with other species and even in some cases later unsynonymised, all of which has caused a lot of confusion.

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