First record of two Myliobatid Elasmobranchs from West Bengal, northern east coast of India

Authors

  • Dipanjan Ray
     Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya, Kismat Bajkul, Purba Medinipur – 721655, West Bengal
  • Anil Mohapatra
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/146835

Keywords:

Digha, Mobula kuhlii, Myliobatiformes, New Record, Rhinoptera javanica.

Abstract

Two elasmobrach fish species Rhinoptera javanica Müller and Henle (1841) and Mobula kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841), of the order Myliobatiformes were reported for the first time from Digha, West Bengal coast. The morphometry and meristic characters of the species from West Bengal coast are provided based on collected materials.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

Anil Mohapatra, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam – 761002, Odisha

Scientist & officer-in-Charge

Downloads

Published

2021-02-17

How to Cite

Ray, D., & Mohapatra, A. (2021). First record of two Myliobatid Elasmobranchs from West Bengal, northern east coast of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(4), 491–494. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/146835

Issue

Volume 120, Issue 4, 2020

Section

Short Communications
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

References

Akhilesh, K.V., Bineesh, K.K., Gopalakrishnan, A., Jena, J.K., Basheer, V.S. and Pillai, N.G.K. 2014. Checklist of chondrichthyans in Indian waters, J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India, 56(1): 109-120. https://doi.org/10.6024/jmbai.2014.56.1.01750s-17

Barman, R.P., Mishra, S.S., Kar, S., Mukharjee, P. and Saren, S.C. 2007. Marine and estuarine fish fauna of Orissa, Rec. Zool. Surv. India Occ. Pap. 260: 1-186.

Barman, R.P., Mishra, S.S., Kar, S., Mukherjee, P. and Saren, S.C. 2013. Marine and estuarine fish, Fauna of Karnataka, State Fauna Series, 21: 277-388 (Publ. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

Barman, R.P., Mishra, S.S., Kar, S., Mukherjee, P. and Saren, S.C., 2011. Marine and Estuarine fishes, Fauna of Tamil Nadu, State Fauna Series, 17(2): 293-418 (Publ. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

Barman, R.P., Mishra, S.S., Kar, S., Mukherjee, P. and Saren, S.C., 2012. Marine and estuarine fish, Fauna of Maharastra, State Fauna Series, 20(1): 369-480 (Publ. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

Barman, R.P., Mishra, S.S., Kar, S., Mukherjee, P. and Saren, S.C., 2013. Marine and estuarine fish, Fauna of Karnataka, State Fauna Series, 21: 277-388 (Publ. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata).

Barman, R.P., Mukherjee, P. and Kar, S. 2000. Marine and estuarine fishes, Fauna of Gujarat, State Fauna Series, 8(1): 311-411 (Publ. Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).

Bijukumar, A. and Raghavan, R. 2015. A checklist of fishes of Kerala, India. J. Threatened Taxa, 7(13): 8036-8080. http://dx.doi. org/10.11609/jott.2004.7.13.8036-8080,

Bineesh, K.K., Gopalakrishnan, A., Akhilesh, K.V., Sajeela, K.A., Abdussamad, E.M., Pillai, N.G.K., Basheer , V.S., Jena, J.K. and Ward R.D., 2016. DNA barcoding reveals species composition of sharks and rays in the Indian commercial fishery, Mitochondrial DNA, Part A, 28(4): 458 472. https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2015.1137900. PMid: 27159695.

Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V.H. (Eds.) 1997. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes, The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, Batoid fishes, Chimaeras and bony fishes part 1 (Elopidae to Linophyrnidae). FAO, Rome, 3: 1397-2068.

Das, P., De, S.P., Bhowmik, R.M., Pandit, P.K., Sengupta, R., Nandi, A.C., Thakurta, S.C. and Saha, S. 2007. Piscine diversity of West Bengal, Fishing Chimes, 27(5): 15-28.

Devarapalli, P. 2017. Finfish Atlas of EGREE region, EGREE Foundation, An initiative of GoI-UNDP-GEF-GoAP (EGREE) Project, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India; p. 790.

FAO, 2013. Fisheries and aquaculture software. 2011-2014. FishStatJ- software for fisher statistical time series. In: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department [online]. Rome. Updated 22 July 2014. Available at: www.fao.org/fishery/statistics/software/fishstatj/en.

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. and Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2019. Eschmeyer’s catalog offishes: genera, species, references. Electronic version accessed 22.01.2019. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp.

Gopi, K.C. and Mishra, S.S. 2015. Diversity of Marine fishes of India, In: Venkatraman, K and C. Sivaperuman (eds.). Marine faunal diversity in India. Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation. Elsevire Publ., Amsterdam; p. 171-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978 0-12-801948-1.00012-4.

James, P.S.B.R. 1962. Observations on shoals of the Javanese Cownose Ray Rhinoptera javanica Muller & Henle from the Gulf of Mannar, with additional notes on the species, J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 4(2): 217-223.

Kumar, R.R., Venu, S., Akhilesh, K.V., Bineesh, K.K. and Rajan, P.T. 2018. First report of four deep-sea chondrichthyans (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) from Andaman waters, India with an updated checklist from the region, Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 48(3): 289-301. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02336.

Psomadakis, P., Thein, H., Russell, B.C. and Tun, M.T. 2020. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of Myanmar; FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Rome; i-xvii + p. 1-694, p. 1-58.

Psomadakis, P.N., Osmany, H.B. and Moazzam, M. 2015. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of Pakistan; FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome; i-x + p. 1-386, p. 1-42.

Raje, S.G. 2000. Length-weight relationship of five species of rays from Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indian J. Fish., 47(2): 159-161.

Sanyal, A.K., Alfred, J.R.B., Venkatraman, K., Tiwari, S.K. and Mitra, S. 2012. Status of biodiversity of West Bengal. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; p. 1-969 + 35 plates.

Talwar, P.K. and Kacker, P.K. 1984. Commercial Sea Fishes of India. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; 997 pp.

Talwar, P.K., Mukerjee, P., Saha, D., Paul, S.N. and Kar, S. 1992. Marine and estuarine fishes, Fauna of West Bengal, State Fauna Series, 3(2): 243-342.

Venkatraman, K., Milton, M. C. J. and Raghuram, K. P. 2003. Handbook on sharks of Indian waters. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata; p. 1-113.

White, W.T., Corrigan, S., Yang, L., Henderson, A.C., Bazinet, A.L., Swofford, D.L. and Naylor, G.J.P. 2018. Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 182(1): 50-75. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx018.

Yennawar, P., Mohapatra, A., Ray, D. and Tudu, P. 2015. Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, India, In: Venkataraman K. & C. Sivaperuman (eds.). Marine Faunal Diversity in India. Taxonomy, Ecology and Conservation. Elsevier Publ., Amsterdam; p. 235-248. https:// doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801948-1.00015-X.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 3 4 5 > >>