First report of stargazer Uranoscopus crassiceps (Alcock, 1890) (Perciformes: Uranoscopidae) from Digha coast, India

Authors

  • Alakesh Pradhan
     ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal
  • Debarghya Maji
     ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal
  • Bijay Kali Mahapatra
     ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal
  • Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra
     Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata - 700016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i1/2019/122197

Keywords:

New Record, Stargazer, Uranoscopus crassiceps, West Bengal

Abstract

The stargazer, Uranoscopus crassiceps (Alcock, 1890) is recorded for the first time from the coastal waters of Digha, India, Bay of Bengal and providing the first report of the species from West Bengal based on a single specimen 147.31 mm standard length collected off Digha coast, at a depth of 90 m.

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2019-03-23

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Pradhan, A., Maji, D., Kali Mahapatra, B., & Sekhar Mishra, S. (2019). First report of stargazer <i>Uranoscopus crassiceps</i> (Alcock, 1890) (Perciformes: Uranoscopidae) from Digha coast, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(1), 91–94. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i1/2019/122197

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Volume 119, Issue 1, 2019

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