First report of two gobiid fishes from the coral reefs of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India

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  • Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj
     Zoological Survey of India, Sunderban Regional Centre, Canning, Kolkata − 743329, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/157524

Keywords:

Gobiidae, Istigobius, Range Extension, Silhouettea

Abstract

The Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park encompasses 21 islands between Rameshwaram and Thoothukudi. The islands with its unique ecological systems mainly contributed by coral reefs, sea grass beds and mangroves harbour a rich marine biodiversity. Previous literature revealed, so far 1182 species of fishes have been reported from the Gulf of Mannar region. A survey in the Mandapam group of Islands in the Gulf of Mannar has resulted occurrence of two gobiid fishes viz., Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell, 1830) and Silhouettea indica Visweswara Rao, 1971. This is the first report of S. indica outside Godavari delta region.

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2022-06-06

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Ramakrishnan Sreeraj, C. (2022). First report of two gobiid fishes from the coral reefs of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(1), 51–55. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/157524

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Volume 122, Issue 1, 2022

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