Range Extension of Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836) from Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, West Bengal, India

West Bengal lies in the Northernmost part of peninsular India and has a rich variety of aquatic ecosystems such as hill streams, ponds, rivers, mangroves, mudflats, estuarine creeks, and small riverine channels which holds a large ichthyofaunal diversity of as much as 610 species of which a total of...

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Published inNational Academy science letters Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 199 - 204
Main Authors Sen, Arya, Panda, Pradip, Yogesh Kumar, J. S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Springer India 01.04.2024
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aquatic ecosystems
Biosphere
Brackishwater environment
Colour
Estuaries
History of Science
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mangroves
Marine ecosystems
Morphometry
Mud flats
multidisciplinary
New records
News/Views and Comments
Omobranchus punctatus
Range extension
River channels
Rivers
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Streams
New record
Muzzled blenny
Sunderban
West Bengal
Blenniidae
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Summary:West Bengal lies in the Northernmost part of peninsular India and has a rich variety of aquatic ecosystems such as hill streams, ponds, rivers, mangroves, mudflats, estuarine creeks, and small riverine channels which holds a large ichthyofaunal diversity of as much as 610 species of which a total of 350 species is harbored at Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, a jeweled crown of the southernmost estuarine and marine ecosystem of West Bengal. The present work reports the first record of one blenniidae, viz. Omobranchus punctatus (Valenciennes, 1836) from Sunderban, West Bengal, India. Morphometric data, live coloration and specific habitat details of the collected specimens are detailed here.
ISSN:0250-541X
2250-1754
DOI:10.1007/s40009-023-01275-2