Hostname: page-component-745bb68f8f-hvd4g Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-01-09T00:40:55.801Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Range extension and first report of Monodactylus kottelati (Perciformes: Monodactylidae) from Chilika Lagoon, east coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 February 2014

Anil Mohapatra ,
Dipanjan Ray ,
Prasad Chandra Tudu  and
Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra
Anil Mohapatra*
Affiliation:
Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, India-721428
Dipanjan Ray
Affiliation:
Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, India-721428
Prasad Chandra Tudu
Affiliation:
Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, India-721428
Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra
Affiliation:
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Mohapatra, Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, India-721428 email: [email protected]
Get access

Abstract

The occurrence of Monodactylus kottelati is reported for the first time from the Chilika Lagoon extending the range of the species to the east coast of India and providing the first substantiated report of the species from Indian waters. The 79 mm standard length specimen from Chilika Lagoon is described in the present paper. Its affinity and distribution is also discussed.

Keywords

east coast of IndiaChilikaMonodactylidaeMonodactylus kottelati
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e11
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Bhatta, K.S., Pattnaik, A.K. and Behera, B.P. (2001) Further contribution to the fish fauna of Chilika Lagoon—a coastal wetland of Orissa. GIOBIOS 28, 97–100.Google Scholar
De Bruin, G.H.P., Russell, B.C. and Bogusch, A. (1995) FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. The marine fishery resources of Sri Lanka. Rome, FAO, i–x, 1–400, 32 pls.Google Scholar
Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds) (2013) FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2013). Available at: www.fishbase.org (accessed 1 August 2013).Google Scholar
Jones, S. and Kumaran, M. (1980) Fishes of the Laccadive Archipelago. Kerala, India: The Nature Conservation and Aquatic Sciences Service, xii + 760 pp.Google Scholar
Kottelat, M. (2001) Family Monodactylidae. In Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V.H. (eds) Species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). Volume 5. Rome: FAO, pp. 3216–3220.Google Scholar
Mohanty, R.K., Mohanty, S.K., Mohapatra, A., Bhatta, K.S. and Pattanaik, A.K. (2006) Post-ecorestoration impact on fish and shellfish biodiversity in Chilikalake. Indian Journal of Fisheries 53, 397–407.Google Scholar
Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, R.K., Mohanty, S.K., Bhatta, K.S. and Das, N.R. (2007) Fisheries enhancement and biodiversity assessment of fish prawn and mud crab in Chilika Lagoon through hydrological intervention. Wetlands Ecology and Management 15, 229–252.Google Scholar
Pethiyagoda, R. (1991) Monodactylus kottelati, einneues Flossenblattaus Sri Lanka (Pisces, Monodactylidae). DATZ, Aquarien Terrarien 44, 162–167.Google Scholar
Rama Rao, K.V. (1995) Pisces. In Ghosh, A.K. (ed.) Wetland Ecosystem Series 1. Fauna of Chilika Lake. Kolkata, India: Zoological Survey of India, pp. 483–506.Google Scholar