First Report of Pseudorhombus diplospilus (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) from East Coast of India

Authors

  • Paramasivam Kodeeswaran
     Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri – 601204, Tamil Nadu
  • Jayasimhan Praveenraj
     ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair – 744101, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Natarajan Jayakumar
     Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri – 601204, Tamil Nadu
  • Subhrendu S. Mishra
     Zoological Survey of India, Marine Fish Section, Kolkata – 700 016

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/144892

Keywords:

First Record, Palmate Gill Raker, Pseudorhombus diplospilus, Range Extension.

Abstract

A large-tooth flounder, Pseudorhombus diplospilus Norman (1927) (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyide), is reported from east coast of India based on a single specimen collected from Royapuram fishing harbor, Chennai, Tamil Nadu with detailed meristic and morphometric study. This forms the ninth species in the genus Pseudorhombus and the second species in having palmate gill rakers from Indian waters. With this report of P. diplospilus, its western limit of distributional range is extended from Indonesia and west Australia to east coast of India.

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Paramasivam Kodeeswaran, Dr. M.G.R. Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri – 601204, Tamil Nadu

PG SCHOLARDEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENTTN. M.G.R FISHERIES COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTEPONNERI - 601 204

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2020-03-31

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Kodeeswaran, P., Praveenraj, J., Jayakumar, N., & Mishra, S. S. (2020). First Report of <i>Pseudorhombus diplospilus</i> (Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae) from East Coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), 85–88. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/144892

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