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First Records of Two Species of Groupers, Cephalopholis nigripinnis and Epinephelus retouti (Perciformes:Epinephelidae) from India, with a Note on Epinephelids from Andaman and Nicobar Islands


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1 Andaman and Nicobar Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair – 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
2 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India
 

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Two grouper species, Blackfin grouper, Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828), and Red-tipped Grouper, Epinephelus retouti (Bleeker, 1868) were reported for the first time from the waters around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Their descriptions, ecology of habitat and distributional range has been provided. A list of 54 species of groupers (Family: Epinephelidae) known from Andaman and Nicobar Islands till date is also provided with conservation status and information on their first record.

Keywords

Andaman Islands, Cephalopholis nigripinnis, Epinephelus retouti, Groupers, New Record.
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  • First Records of Two Species of Groupers, Cephalopholis nigripinnis and Epinephelus retouti (Perciformes:Epinephelidae) from India, with a Note on Epinephelids from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Authors

P. T. Rajan
Andaman and Nicobar Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair – 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
S. S. Mishra
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700 016, India
K. K. Bineesh
Andaman and Nicobar Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair – 744102, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

Abstract


Two grouper species, Blackfin grouper, Cephalopholis nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1828), and Red-tipped Grouper, Epinephelus retouti (Bleeker, 1868) were reported for the first time from the waters around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Their descriptions, ecology of habitat and distributional range has been provided. A list of 54 species of groupers (Family: Epinephelidae) known from Andaman and Nicobar Islands till date is also provided with conservation status and information on their first record.

Keywords


Andaman Islands, Cephalopholis nigripinnis, Epinephelus retouti, Groupers, New Record.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i3.171284