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Abstract

The bluering angelfish Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787) is a well-known pomacanthid distributed in Gulf of Mannar, Indian Ocean, IndoWest Pacific: east coast of Africa, throughout Indonesia and New Guinea to New Caledonia, and in Andaman Sea. For the first time one specimen belonging to this species was caught in the Odisha coast, Bay of Bengal, India. We reviewed its distribution after compilation with available literature.

Keywords

Marine angelfishes Distribution Range extension Tropical coral reefs.

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Author Biographies

Tapan Kumar BARIK, P. G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India.

Lecturer

P. G. Dept. of Zoology

Surya Narayan SWAIN, P. G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India.

P. G. Dept. of Zoology

Bijayalaxmi SAHU, P. G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India.

P. G. Dept. of Zoology

Bibarani TRIPATHY, P. G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India.

P. G. Dept. of Zoology

Usha Rani ACHARYA, P. G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, India.

Professor

Dept. of Zoology

How to Cite
BARIK, T. K., SWAIN, S. N., SAHU, B., TRIPATHY, B., & ACHARYA, U. R. (2019). First record of non-native Bluering angelfish Pomacanthus annularis (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the marine water of Odisha coast, Bay of Bengal, India. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 5(4), 317–321. https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.v5i4.289

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