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First record of Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Riberio 1915 (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the West Coast of India


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1 Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal, India
2 Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment and Education Research, BVU (Deemed), Pune – 411043, Maharashtra, India
 

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A puffer fish, Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Riberio, 1915, is recorded for the first time from the west coast of India. Three individuals were collected from three different states, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kerala, with other materials. Brief notes on diagnostic characters of the species and distinction between all species of the genus Lagocephalus in form of a working key to species is presented in this paper.

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First Record, Gujarat, Identification Key, Kerala, Lagocephalus, Maharashtra.
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  • First record of Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Riberio 1915 (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the West Coast of India

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Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal, India
Priyankar Chakraborty
Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Environment and Education Research, BVU (Deemed), Pune – 411043, Maharashtra, India
Saresh Chandra Saren
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal, India
Anwesha Sengupta
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal, India

Abstract


A puffer fish, Lagocephalus guentheri Miranda Riberio, 1915, is recorded for the first time from the west coast of India. Three individuals were collected from three different states, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Kerala, with other materials. Brief notes on diagnostic characters of the species and distinction between all species of the genus Lagocephalus in form of a working key to species is presented in this paper.

Keywords


First Record, Gujarat, Identification Key, Kerala, Lagocephalus, Maharashtra.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv118%2Fi1%2F2018%2F122386