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First Report of Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from the West Bengal Coast


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1 Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha, India
2 Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Zoological Survey of India, Haddo, Port Blair - 744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India
 

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Present study reports Priacanthus prolixus Starnes (1988) for the first time from West Bengal coast. The species is reported here on the basis of five specimens were collected from Digha Mohana, West Bengal, and Bay of Bengal. The species is characterized with elongated and laterally compressed body, a unique character of Priacanthidea is head bears large eye, scales in lateral line series is about 74-84 and scale rows between dorsal fin origin and lateral line is 10-11.

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New Record, Priacanthidae, West Bengal.
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  • First Report of Priacanthus prolixus Starnes, 1988 (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from the West Bengal Coast

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Authors

Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha, India
Anil Mohapatra
Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha, India
K. K. Bineesh
Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre (ANRC), Zoological Survey of India, Haddo, Port Blair - 744 102, Andaman and Nicobar Island, India

Abstract


Present study reports Priacanthus prolixus Starnes (1988) for the first time from West Bengal coast. The species is reported here on the basis of five specimens were collected from Digha Mohana, West Bengal, and Bay of Bengal. The species is characterized with elongated and laterally compressed body, a unique character of Priacanthidea is head bears large eye, scales in lateral line series is about 74-84 and scale rows between dorsal fin origin and lateral line is 10-11.

Keywords


New Record, Priacanthidae, West Bengal.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv119%2Fi3%2F2019%2F128807