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First record of two cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from northwestern India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2024

Sivakumar Ragul Open the ORCID record for Sivakumar Ragul [Opens in a new window] ,
H. L. Parmar ,
Gopalan Mahadevan Open the ORCID record for Gopalan Mahadevan [Opens in a new window]  and
Ronald Fricke
Sivakumar Ragul
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries Science, Kamdhenu University, Veraval, Gujarat, India
H. L. Parmar
Affiliation:
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, College of Fisheries Science, Kamdhenu University, Veraval, Gujarat, India
Gopalan Mahadevan*
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India
Ronald Fricke
Affiliation:
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
*
Corresponding author: Gopalan Mahadevan; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The current study represents the first records of elusive cardinalfish, Apogon fugax Gon et al., 2020 and twinbar cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides sialis (Jordan and Thompson, 1914) from the Gujarat coast, northwestern India. During February 2024, regular fishing surveys were conducted to document a bycatch species assemblage. In the course of this study, a total three specimens of A. fugax and a single specimen of A. sialis were procured from Veraval Fishing Harbour, Gujarat, India. Apogon fugax is reported for the first time from Indian waters, while A. sialis is recorded for the first time from northwestern India. Herein, detailed meristic counts, morphometric measurements and the distribution of the species are described.

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ApogonidaeArabian SeaCardinalfishdistributionnew record
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 104 , 2024 , e117
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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