First report of a fish of the family Aploactinidae from West Bengal coast

Authors

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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/130126

Keywords:

Cocotropus roseus, East Coast of India, New Record

Abstract

The species i.e., Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875 have been reported for the first time from West Bengal coast on the basis of eight specimens collected from Shankarpur fishing harbour. The specimens were collected during winter along with some specimens of genus Minous.

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2018-11-13

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Ray, D., & Mohapatra, A. (2018). First report of a fish of the family Aploactinidae from West Bengal coast. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118(4), 437–439. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i4/2018/130126

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Volume 118, Issue 4, 2018

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