First Report of Fusilier Fish Family Caesionidae (Perciformes) from Northern Part of East Coast of India

Authors

  • Dipanjan Ray
     Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal – 721655
  • Anil Mohapatra
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha - 761002

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120974

Keywords:

First Report, Caesio caerulaurea, C. xanthonota, Pterocaesio tessellata, West Bengal Coast.

Abstract

Three species of fishes i.e, of the family Caesionidae, Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede, 1801, Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 and Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987 are reported for the first time from West Bengal coast. The family Caesionidae has also been reported for the first time from the northern part of east coast of India. The said species are the first record from northern part of east coast of India.

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2017-10-01

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Ray, D., & Mohapatra, A. (2017). First Report of Fusilier Fish Family Caesionidae (Perciformes) from Northern Part of East Coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 117(3), 295–297. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120974

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Volume 117, Issue 3, 2017

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