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Discovery of Torquigener brevipinnis (Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae) from the Indian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2011

S. Biswas ,
S.S. Mishra ,
K.K. Satpathy  and
M. Selvanayagam
S. Biswas
Affiliation:
Environment & Safety Division, Radiological Safety & Environmental Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102
S.S. Mishra
Affiliation:
Marine Fish Section, ZSI, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata-700016
K.K. Satpathy*
Affiliation:
Environment & Safety Division, Radiological Safety & Environmental Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102
M. Selvanayagam
Affiliation:
LIFE, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu-600034
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K.K. Satpathy, Environment & Safety Division, Radiological Safety & Environmental Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu-603102 email: satpathy@igcar.gov.in
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Abstract

The present paper reports the first record of occurrence of puffer fish Torquigener brevipinnis (Regan, 1903) from the Indian coast. This extends its geographical distribution range north-west from the Indonesian coast of the eastern Indian Ocean. A systematic account of this species and a description and notes on its distribution are provided. Its relation with a similar species, T. hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852), described by Day, is also discussed and compared.

Keywords

first Indian recordTetraodontidaepuffer fishTorquigener brevipinnis
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e123
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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