Demographics of Blue-spotted Mudskipper, Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) from Mudflats of Sundarbans, India

Mahadevan, Gopalan; Gosavi, Sachin M.; Sreekanth, G. B.; Gladston, Y.; Murugesan, P.

doi:10.1007/s41208-021-00320-5

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“…In addition, they serve as distinctive ecological indicator in monitoring the estuarine and mudflat ecosysytem Ansari et al (2014). Demographics of these fishes have been reported to comprise the areas spanning Diamond harbor (22.113°N and 88.115°E) and Namkhana (21.464°N and 88.132°E), West Bengal, India Mahadevan et al (2021).…”

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Reproductive biology of the mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusin the Indian Sundarbans

Ray,

Himberg,

Sengupta

et al. 2023

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Reproductive biology of mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusare investigated along the mudflats of the Indian Sundarbans. We investigated a total of 794 sampes for both male and femaleBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusfish species to explore properties such as the size-at-50% maturity, fecundity, spawning, gona-dosomatic and hepatosomatic indices along with the characterization of the macroscopic and histological attributes of the female gonads. Our work reports for the first time the weight-length relationships for these fish species in the Sundarbans region depicting a negative allometric growth pattern. The size-at-50% maturity which is often a crucial parameter for stock and reserve management is found for the female and maleBoleophthalmus boddartias 10.2 cm and 9.9 cm respectively, whereas, for thePeriophthalmus novemradiatus, the same were 4.0 cm and 4.4 cm, respectively. Fully matured femaleBoleophthalmus boddartiwere found to be multiple spawners in comparison toPeriophthalmus novemradiatuswith monthly variation of Le Cren’s relative condition ≤1, indicating good physiological conditions of the fish. The relationships between batch fecundity (F), body weight (i.e., BW, gm) and total length (i.e., TL, cm) were Log10F = 1.12 Log10BW + 2.41 and Log10F = 1.93 Log10TL + 1.82, respectively forBoleoph-thalmus boddartiand for thePeriophthalmus novemradiatus, it was Log10F = 2.15 Log10BW + 2.57 and Log10F = 5.43 Log10TL - 0.81. The reproductive parameters estimated in this study are important information for studying population dynamics and stock assessments of these mudskippers in the Indian Sundarbans and will contribute to the management, conservation and prediction of environmental changes as these mudskippers are often studied as bio-indicators for climate-change effects.

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Reproductive biology of the mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusin the Indian Sundarbans

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Sengupta

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“…They include ten genera: Apocryptes, Apocryptodon, Boleophthalmus, Oxuderces, Parapocryptes, Periophtalmodon, Periophthalmus, Pseudapocryptes, Scartelaos, and Zappa comprising 43 species (Lauriano et al, 2018). Of these, only members of four genera namely Boleophthalmus, Periophthalmodon, Periophthalmus and Scartelaos have several specializations for amphibious life, including aerial vision, aerial respiration, and terrestrial locomotion and spend time on land as part of their daily life cycle (MacNae, 1968;Kumaraguru et al, 2020;Mahadevan et al, 2021). The species of these genera can easily move about on muddy or moist surfaces and excavate burrows in the mud and some of them are even able to climb rocks, mangrove roots or stems and all share several anatomical, physiological and sensorial specializations (Ghanbarifardi et al, 2020;Kumaraguru et al, 2020).…”

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Histological study on the skin structure in two mudskippers, Periophthalmus waltoni and Boleophthalmus dussumieri in relation to their terrestrial life

Dorostghoal

Jazayeri

Ashiri

2022

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Microscopic structure of skin in two amphibious mudskipper fish; Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 (B. dussumeri) and Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 (P. waltoni) were investigated in relation to their lifestyle. The general structure of skin is the same among the two species. Epidermis in B. dussumeri was thicker significantly than P. waltoni. The dermal bulges were only well developed in the skin of B. dussumeri. Mucous cells were absent in the epidermis of P. waltoni but present in B. dussumeri. Both B. dussumeri and P. waltoni have well-developed swollen middle cells as a shared epidermal feature. The thickness of the middle cell layer of the epidermis in B. dussumeri was significantly greater than in P. waltoni. Capillaries in the dorsal and ventral parts of the body are more closely distributed to the epidermal surface in P. waltoni than in B. dussumeri. The diffusion distance in the dorsal epidermis of P. waltoni was less than that in the ventral epidermis of B. dussumeri. A comparative examination of the skin of mudskipper species suggests that, due to the more terrestrial lifestyle adopted by P. waltoni, the skin contributes more to respiration.

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Microplastics contamination in two species of gobies and their estuarine habitat of Indian Sundarbans

Chatterjee,

Manna,

Ray

et al. 2024

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Demographics of Blue-spotted Mudskipper, Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) from Mudflats of Sundarbans, India

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Reproductive biology of the mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusin the Indian Sundarbans

Reproductive biology of the mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusin the Indian Sundarbans

Histological study on the skin structure in two mudskippers, Periophthalmus waltoni and Boleophthalmus dussumieri in relation to their terrestrial life

Microplastics contamination in two species of gobies and their estuarine habitat of Indian Sundarbans

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Demographics of Blue-spotted Mudskipper, Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) from Mudflats of Sundarbans, India

Cited by 4 publications

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Reproductive biology of the mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusin the Indian Sundarbans

Reproductive biology of the mudskippersBoleophthalmus boddartiandPeriophthalmus novemradiatusin the Indian Sundarbans

Histological study on the skin structure in two mudskippers, Periophthalmus waltoni and Boleophthalmus dussumieri in relation to their terrestrial life ​

Microplastics contamination in two species of gobies and their estuarine habitat of Indian Sundarbans

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Histological study on the skin structure in two mudskippers, Periophthalmus waltoni and Boleophthalmus dussumieri in relation to their terrestrial life