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Abstract
Spiny whitefin flathead is a minor or less commercially important bycatch trawl landing of India. Although it does not participate in the high commercially important category of landings of the country but has both food and ornamental value. The availability of the species can give an opportunity to utilize it as one of the important marine ornamental fish genetic resource of India. In the present study, the occurrence of Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829), is reported from Digha Mohana, North-east coast of India based on three specimens and its detailed morphometric and meristic characteristics are provided.
Keywords
Occurrence
Spiny whitefin flathead
Morphology
Indian Ocean.
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MAHAPATRA, B. K., PRADHAN, A., MAJI, D., & BHATTACHARYA, S. (2017). First record of Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829) from West Bengal, North-East coast of India (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 4(3), 299–304. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v4i3.211
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Chatterjee, T.K.; Ramakrishna Talukdar, S. & Mukherjee, A.K. 2000. Fish and Fisheries of Digha coast of West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 188: 1-87.
Chilika Development Authority, 2014. Fishes of Lake Chilika. Letter from S.K. Mohanty, Fishery consultant. Chilika Development Authority.
Das, P.; De, S.P.; Bhowmik, R.M.; Pandit, P.K.; Sengupta, R.; Nandi, A.C.; Thakurta, S.C. & Saha, S. 2007. Piscine diversity of West Bengal. Fishing Chimes 27(5): 15-28.
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Goswami, B.C.B. 1992. Marine fauna of Digha coast of West Bengal, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 34(1-2):115-137.
Jones, S. & Kumaran, M. 1971. New records of fishes from the seas around India Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 12: 187-196.
Joshi, K.K.; Sreeram, M.P.; Zacharia, P.U.; Abdussamad, E.M.; Varghese, M.; Mohammed Habeeb, O.M.M. J.; Jayabalan, K.; Kanthan, K.P.; Kannan, K.; Sreekumar, K.M.; George, G. & Varsha, M.S. 2016. Check list of fishes of the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 58(1): 34-54.
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Kapoor, D., Dayal R. & Ponniah, A.G. 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India. 775 p.
Mahapatra, B.K. & Pradhan, A. 2016. Range extension and first report of the fish Lagocephalus inermis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Digha, Northeast Coast of India. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED (ISSN: 1659-4266) 8(2): 201-205.
Manna, B. & Goswami, B.C.B. 1980. A checklist of marine & estuarine fishes of Digha, West Bengal, India. Mahasagar 18(4): 489-499.
Mohapatra, A.; Mohanty, S.K. & Mishra S.S. 2014. Fish and Shellfish Fauna of Chilika Lagoon: An Updated Checklist. In: Marine Faunal Diversity in India Elsevier; 195-222.
Munro, I.S.R. 1955. The Marine and freshwater fishes of Ceylon.1-349.
Murty, V.S. 1968. On some interesting and new records of marine fishes from India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 10(1): 126-132.
Murty, V.S. & Manikyam, Y. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the flatheads (Platycephalidae: Pisces) of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 259: 1-100.
Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Fifth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 707 p.
Pradhan, A. & Mahapatra, B.K. 2017. First record of the Two-Spot Razorfish, Iniistius bimaculatus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Digha, North-East Coast of India. Cuademos de Investigacion UNED (ISSN: 1659-4266) 9(1):115-118.
Rajan, P.T.; Sreeraj, C.R. & Immanuel, T. 2011. Fish fauna of coral reef, mangrove, freshwater, offshore and seagrass beds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Haddo, Port Blair.
Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
Rao, V. V. 1964. Platycephalus bengalensis sp. nov. from Bay of Bengal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser.13, 9:123-127.
Sanyal, A.K.; Alfred, J.R.B.; Venkataraman, K.; Tiwari, S.K. & Mitra, S. 2012. Status of biodiversity of west Bengal, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 969 p.
Talwar, P.K. & Kacker, R.K. 1984. Commercial Sea Fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta 997 p.
Talwar, P.K.; Mukherjee, P.; Saha, D.; Paul, S.N. & Kar, S. 1992. Marine and estuarine fishes, In: Fauna of West Bengal State Fauna Series, 3 (Part-2): 243-342.
Yennawar, P.; Tudu, P.; Ray, D. & Mohapatra, A. 2013. New records of two reef fishes Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal coast, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India: 113(Part-1): 129-135.
Yennawar, P.; Mohapatra, A.; Ray D. & Tudu P. 2015. Ichthyofauna of Digha Coast, India. In: Marine Faunal Diversity of India, Elsevier. pp: 235-248.
Venkataraman, K.; Rajkumar R.; Satyanarayana, Ch.; Raghunathan, C. & Venkatraman, C. 2012. Marine Ecosystems and Marine Protected Areas of India: Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata). 296 p.
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Barman, R.P.; Mishra, S.S.; Kar, S.; Mukherjee, P. & Saren, S.C. 2007. Marine and estuarine fish fauna of Orissa. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 260: 1-186.
Bijukumar, A. & Raghavan, R. 2015. A checklist of Fishes of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8036-8080.
Chatterjee, T.K.; Ramakrishna Talukdar, S. & Mukherjee, A.K. 2000. Fish and Fisheries of Digha coast of West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 188: 1-87.
Chilika Development Authority, 2014. Fishes of Lake Chilika. Letter from S.K. Mohanty, Fishery consultant. Chilika Development Authority.
Das, P.; De, S.P.; Bhowmik, R.M.; Pandit, P.K.; Sengupta, R.; Nandi, A.C.; Thakurta, S.C. & Saha, S. 2007. Piscine diversity of West Bengal. Fishing Chimes 27(5): 15-28.
Day, F. 1878. The Fishes of India. The Fauna of British India. Including Ceylon and Burma Fishes, Barnard Quaritch, London 2: 274-278.
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.www.fishbase.org, version (06/2016).
George, K.C. 1970. Note on two species of flatheads’ Platycephalidae: Pisces) from the trawl grounds of the southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 10(2): 187-196.
Goswami, B.C.B. 1992. Marine fauna of Digha coast of West Bengal, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 34(1-2):115-137.
Jones, S. & Kumaran, M. 1971. New records of fishes from the seas around India Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 12: 187-196.
Joshi, K.K.; Sreeram, M.P.; Zacharia, P.U.; Abdussamad, E.M.; Varghese, M.; Mohammed Habeeb, O.M.M. J.; Jayabalan, K.; Kanthan, K.P.; Kannan, K.; Sreekumar, K.M.; George, G. & Varsha, M.S. 2016. Check list of fishes of the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 58(1): 34-54.
Knapp, L.W. 1999. Platycephalidae. Flatheads. In: K.E. Carpenter, V.H. Niem (Eds.), FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. pp: 2385-2421.
Kapoor, D., Dayal R. & Ponniah, A.G. 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India. 775 p.
Mahapatra, B.K. & Pradhan, A. 2016. Range extension and first report of the fish Lagocephalus inermis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Digha, Northeast Coast of India. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED (ISSN: 1659-4266) 8(2): 201-205.
Manna, B. & Goswami, B.C.B. 1980. A checklist of marine & estuarine fishes of Digha, West Bengal, India. Mahasagar 18(4): 489-499.
Mohapatra, A.; Mohanty, S.K. & Mishra S.S. 2014. Fish and Shellfish Fauna of Chilika Lagoon: An Updated Checklist. In: Marine Faunal Diversity in India Elsevier; 195-222.
Munro, I.S.R. 1955. The Marine and freshwater fishes of Ceylon.1-349.
Murty, V.S. 1968. On some interesting and new records of marine fishes from India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 10(1): 126-132.
Murty, V.S. & Manikyam, Y. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the flatheads (Platycephalidae: Pisces) of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 259: 1-100.
Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Fifth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 707 p.
Pradhan, A. & Mahapatra, B.K. 2017. First record of the Two-Spot Razorfish, Iniistius bimaculatus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Digha, North-East Coast of India. Cuademos de Investigacion UNED (ISSN: 1659-4266) 9(1):115-118.
Rajan, P.T.; Sreeraj, C.R. & Immanuel, T. 2011. Fish fauna of coral reef, mangrove, freshwater, offshore and seagrass beds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Haddo, Port Blair.
Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
Rao, V. V. 1964. Platycephalus bengalensis sp. nov. from Bay of Bengal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser.13, 9:123-127.
Sanyal, A.K.; Alfred, J.R.B.; Venkataraman, K.; Tiwari, S.K. & Mitra, S. 2012. Status of biodiversity of west Bengal, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 969 p.
Talwar, P.K. & Kacker, R.K. 1984. Commercial Sea Fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta 997 p.
Talwar, P.K.; Mukherjee, P.; Saha, D.; Paul, S.N. & Kar, S. 1992. Marine and estuarine fishes, In: Fauna of West Bengal State Fauna Series, 3 (Part-2): 243-342.
Yennawar, P.; Tudu, P.; Ray, D. & Mohapatra, A. 2013. New records of two reef fishes Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal coast, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India: 113(Part-1): 129-135.
Yennawar, P.; Mohapatra, A.; Ray D. & Tudu P. 2015. Ichthyofauna of Digha Coast, India. In: Marine Faunal Diversity of India, Elsevier. pp: 235-248.
Venkataraman, K.; Rajkumar R.; Satyanarayana, Ch.; Raghunathan, C. & Venkatraman, C. 2012. Marine Ecosystems and Marine Protected Areas of India: Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata). 296 p.
Bijukumar, A. & Raghavan, R. 2015. A checklist of Fishes of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8036-8080.
Chatterjee, T.K.; Ramakrishna Talukdar, S. & Mukherjee, A.K. 2000. Fish and Fisheries of Digha coast of West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 188: 1-87.
Chilika Development Authority, 2014. Fishes of Lake Chilika. Letter from S.K. Mohanty, Fishery consultant. Chilika Development Authority.
Das, P.; De, S.P.; Bhowmik, R.M.; Pandit, P.K.; Sengupta, R.; Nandi, A.C.; Thakurta, S.C. & Saha, S. 2007. Piscine diversity of West Bengal. Fishing Chimes 27(5): 15-28.
Day, F. 1878. The Fishes of India. The Fauna of British India. Including Ceylon and Burma Fishes, Barnard Quaritch, London 2: 274-278.
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. 2016. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.www.fishbase.org, version (06/2016).
George, K.C. 1970. Note on two species of flatheads’ Platycephalidae: Pisces) from the trawl grounds of the southwest coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 10(2): 187-196.
Goswami, B.C.B. 1992. Marine fauna of Digha coast of West Bengal, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 34(1-2):115-137.
Jones, S. & Kumaran, M. 1971. New records of fishes from the seas around India Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 12: 187-196.
Joshi, K.K.; Sreeram, M.P.; Zacharia, P.U.; Abdussamad, E.M.; Varghese, M.; Mohammed Habeeb, O.M.M. J.; Jayabalan, K.; Kanthan, K.P.; Kannan, K.; Sreekumar, K.M.; George, G. & Varsha, M.S. 2016. Check list of fishes of the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 58(1): 34-54.
Knapp, L.W. 1999. Platycephalidae. Flatheads. In: K.E. Carpenter, V.H. Niem (Eds.), FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. pp: 2385-2421.
Kapoor, D., Dayal R. & Ponniah, A.G. 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, India. 775 p.
Mahapatra, B.K. & Pradhan, A. 2016. Range extension and first report of the fish Lagocephalus inermis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Digha, Northeast Coast of India. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED (ISSN: 1659-4266) 8(2): 201-205.
Manna, B. & Goswami, B.C.B. 1980. A checklist of marine & estuarine fishes of Digha, West Bengal, India. Mahasagar 18(4): 489-499.
Mohapatra, A.; Mohanty, S.K. & Mishra S.S. 2014. Fish and Shellfish Fauna of Chilika Lagoon: An Updated Checklist. In: Marine Faunal Diversity in India Elsevier; 195-222.
Munro, I.S.R. 1955. The Marine and freshwater fishes of Ceylon.1-349.
Murty, V.S. 1968. On some interesting and new records of marine fishes from India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 10(1): 126-132.
Murty, V.S. & Manikyam, Y. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the flatheads (Platycephalidae: Pisces) of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 259: 1-100.
Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Fifth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 707 p.
Pradhan, A. & Mahapatra, B.K. 2017. First record of the Two-Spot Razorfish, Iniistius bimaculatus (Perciformes: Labridae) from Digha, North-East Coast of India. Cuademos de Investigacion UNED (ISSN: 1659-4266) 9(1):115-118.
Rajan, P.T.; Sreeraj, C.R. & Immanuel, T. 2011. Fish fauna of coral reef, mangrove, freshwater, offshore and seagrass beds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Haddo, Port Blair.
Randall, J.E. 1995. Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 439 p.
Rao, V. V. 1964. Platycephalus bengalensis sp. nov. from Bay of Bengal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser.13, 9:123-127.
Sanyal, A.K.; Alfred, J.R.B.; Venkataraman, K.; Tiwari, S.K. & Mitra, S. 2012. Status of biodiversity of west Bengal, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 969 p.
Talwar, P.K. & Kacker, R.K. 1984. Commercial Sea Fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta 997 p.
Talwar, P.K.; Mukherjee, P.; Saha, D.; Paul, S.N. & Kar, S. 1992. Marine and estuarine fishes, In: Fauna of West Bengal State Fauna Series, 3 (Part-2): 243-342.
Yennawar, P.; Tudu, P.; Ray, D. & Mohapatra, A. 2013. New records of two reef fishes Gymnothorax reticularis, Bloch, 1795 (Family: Muraenidae) and Scarus ghobban, Forsskal, 1775 (Family: Scaridae) from West Bengal coast, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India: 113(Part-1): 129-135.
Yennawar, P.; Mohapatra, A.; Ray D. & Tudu P. 2015. Ichthyofauna of Digha Coast, India. In: Marine Faunal Diversity of India, Elsevier. pp: 235-248.
Venkataraman, K.; Rajkumar R.; Satyanarayana, Ch.; Raghunathan, C. & Venkatraman, C. 2012. Marine Ecosystems and Marine Protected Areas of India: Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata). 296 p.