First occurrence of Oceanic Puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758), from Odisha, North-Eastern coast of India

Authors

  • Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha
  • Jyoshna Pradhan
     Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar – 760007, Odisha
  • Shesdev Patro
     Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanjabihar – 760007, Odisha
  • Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700016, 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/v120/i4/2020/151980

Keywords:

Bay of Bengal, New Record, Paradip, Puffer Fish, Tetraodontidae.

Abstract

Present paper reports the occurrence of Oceanic puffer, Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae), for the first time from north-eastern coast of India. Two specimens were collected from Paradip fish landing centre (Odisha), during sampling of commercial fishes at auction hall. Current report adds a new record to ichthyofaunal list of Odisha coast.

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Anil Mohapatra, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha

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2021-02-17

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Mohanty, S. R., Pradhan, J., Patro, S., Mishra, S. S., & Mohapatra, A. (2021). First occurrence of Oceanic Puffer, <i>Lagocephalus lagocephalus</i> (Linnaeus, 1758), from Odisha, North-Eastern coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(4), 499–501. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/151980

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Volume 120, Issue 4, 2020

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