First report of Chelonodontops bengalensis (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Indian coast
Anil MOHAPATRA Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India.
Swarup Ranjan MOHANTY Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam, Odisha, India
Subhrendu Sekhar MISHRA Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India
Prasad Chandra TUDU Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, India
Abstract
Chelonodontops bengalensis Habib et al., 2018 is reported for the first time from Indian waters on the basis of five specimens collected from west Bengal coast. In this paper, more details on the morphological characters have been provided and dorsal spinules are compared with all the species in the genus found in India. A revised key for the genus Chelonodontops is also been provided in this paper.
