Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records
Author
Mary, S. Nithya
Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet - 605008, Puducherry, India; Email: sofinithy @ gmail. com
Author
Ravitchandirane, V.
Kanchi Mamunivar Government Institute for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Lawspet - 605008, Puducherry, India; Email: sofinithy @ gmail. com
Author
Gunalan, B.
Thiru Kolanjiappar Government Arts College, Virudhachalam - 606001, Tamil Nadu, India
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2021
121
3
393
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/155960
2581-8686
13186261
Arothron immaculatus
Bloch and Schneider, 1801
(
Figure 2M
)
Material examined
:
India
: Puducherry,
Solai Nagar
fish landing centre (11°57’86”, 79°50’76” NE),
24.xi.2020
,
1 ex.
, leg.
Nithya Mary
[
MBRC
/ZSI/F- 2285]
.
Common Name
: Immaculate Puffer, Yellow-eye Pufferfish. Habitat: Marine-Reef Associated. Diet Pattern: Benthic Invertebrates.
Distribution
:
India
:
Puducherry
; Andaman (
Rao, 2003
),
West Bengal
(
Mahabatra and Lakra, 2015
),
Odisha
(
Karna
et al.
, 2018
),
Tamil Nadu
(
Veeruraj
et al
., 2011
),
Kerala
(
Baiju
et al
., 2016
).
Elsewhere
: Indo-West Pacific (
Smith & Heemstra, 1986
).