First Record of Two Gobioid fishes, Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775), from Odisha Coast, India

Authors

  • Sanmitra Roy
     Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002
  • Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
     Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002
  • Anil Mohapatra
     Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002
  • S. S. Mishra
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/137740

Keywords:

Aryapalli, Gobiidae, Gopalpur, New Records, Odisha.

Abstract

This paper reports two fish species: Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775) (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) for the first time from Odisha coast, India. The materials were collected from Aryapalli fish landing centre and Gopalpur beach of Odisha coast. Diagnostic characters of these species are presented to record their occurrence along Odisha coast.

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Author Biographies

Sanmitra Roy, Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002

Research Fellow

Swarup Ranjan Mohanty, Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002

Research Fellow

Anil Mohapatra, Estuarine Biological Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha – 761002

Scientist-D

S. S. Mishra, Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016

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Marine Fish Section, Z.S.I., Kolkata

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2019-08-06

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Roy, S., Mohanty, S. R., Mohapatra, A., & Mishra, S. S. (2019). First Record of Two Gobioid fishes, <i>Myersina filifer</i> (Valenciennes, 1837) and <i>Yongeichthys nebulosus</i> (ForsskÃ¥l, 1775), from Odisha Coast, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(3), 295–298. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/137740

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Volume 119, Issue 3, 2019

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