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Occurrence of Pacific Gregory, Stegastes fasciolatus (family Pomacentridae) off Visakhapatnam, east coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2014

Pralaya Ranjan Behera ,
M. Menon  and
Ghosh Shubhadeep Ghosh
Pralaya Ranjan Behera*
Affiliation:
Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, India
M. Menon
Affiliation:
Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, India
Ghosh Shubhadeep Ghosh
Affiliation:
Visakhapatnam Regional Centre of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Visakhapatnam, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P.R. Behera, VRC of CMFRI, Visakhapatnam, Andhrapradesh-530003, India email: beherapralaya213@gmail.com
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Abstract

Two specimens of Stegastes fasciolatus of total length 110.1 mm and 112.2 mm were collected from gillnet at Visakhapatnam fishing harbour, north-east coast of India on 5 January 2013. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed.

Keywords

first recordPacific Gregoryrange extensionVisakhapatnamIndia
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e122
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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