Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Taxonomic description and range extension of Sargocentron dorsomaculatum (Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1979) in the Bay of Bengal, India

Volume 65 Issue 2

Sneha Jha, V. A. Iswarya Deepti and K. Sujatha

10.6024/jmbai.2023.65.2.2429-21

Abstract

A species of genus Sargocentron of the family Holocentridae, S. dorsomaculatum (Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1979), has been recorded for the first time from Indian waters. These fishes are very rare, and six specimens of the length range of 111-225 mm TL were collected from the traditional cast net catches of local fish landing centres of Visakhapatnam and Chennai. The present paper provides a detailed description of this species along with biometric characters and a comparative account with a similar species S. rubrum (Forsskål, 1775) collected from the same catches. The present study also extends the range of occurrence of this species to the Indian Ocean.

Keywords

Sargocentron dorsomaculatum, taxonomic description, geographic distribution, Indian Ocean

Date : 20-11-2023