New Distributional Records of Twelve Reef Fishes from Lakshadweep Waters, India

Sandra, B.; Anto, Alvin; Sreeram, Miriam Paul; Sreenath, K R; Aju, K. R.; Sreekumar, K; Akhilesh, K; Joshi, K. K.

doi:10.1007/s41208-022-00424-6

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“…With the current efforts, the study consolidated 15 new distributional records of fish belonging to six families. In our previous studies, primarily conducted inside the Kavaratti lagoon, we added 19 new records (Sandra et al, 2022(Sandra et al, , 2023. The current study recorded five new records from the lagoon and nine from the outer reef.…”

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“…Rajan et al ., in 2021, completed a detailed checklist for the Lakshadweep fish fauna, including 856 species, following which another 12 species were added by Sandra et al . (2022), three more by Sreeraj et al . (2022) and seven more species by Sandra et al .…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Therefore, the chances of finding new fish diversity using UVC are high. Rajan et al, in 2021, completed a detailed checklist for the Lakshadweep fish fauna, including 856 species, following which another 12 species were added by Sandra et al (2022), three more by Sreeraj et al (2022) and seven more species by Sandra et al (2023), bringing the total tally to 878 species.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most past investigations have been conducted using conventional fishing gear and bait-trapping methods. Only a few studies based on the Underwater Visual Census (UVC) were performed at Lakshadweep (Anand and Pillai, 2002, 2004, 2007; Idreesbabu et al ., 2014; Rajan et al ., 2021; Sandra et al ., 2022; Sandra et al ., 2023). Therefore, the chances of finding new fish diversity using UVC are high.…”

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New geographical records of 15 reef fish species from Lakshadweep, India

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In the present study, 15 new records from Kavaratti Atoll are added to the ichthyofaunal diversity of the Lakshadweep Archipelago and six to the Indian fish fauna based on underwater photographs and videos. Fishes were recorded from both lagoon and forereef areas off Kavaratti. The new records include Cirripectes auritus (Blackflap blenny), Cirripectes polyzona (Barred blenny), Ecsenius bicolor (Bicolor blenny), Glyptoparus delicatulus (Delicate blenny), Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Gorgeous prawn-goby), Eviota punyit (Punyit dwarfgoby), Eviota cf. teresae (Viridescent dwarfgoby), Cirrhitichthys falco (Dwarf hawkfish), Halichoeres leucoxanthus (Canarytop wrasse), Pseudocheilinus evanidus (Disappearing wrasse), Coris latifasciata (Broad banded wrasse), Pomacentrus xanthocercus (Yellowtail damsel), Plectroglyphidodon luteobrunneus (Indian gregory), Pomacentrus indicus (Indian damsel) and Synodus dermatogenys (Sand lizardfish). Six species, G. delicatulus, E. cf. teresae, E. punyit, P. xanthocercus, P. evanidus and C. latifasciata represent new records for Indian waters. The genus Amblyeleotris is recorded for the first time from Lakshadweep.

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