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First record of two species of goby fish, <i>Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia</i> Bleeker and <i>Istigobius diadema</i> Steindachner (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Indian waters

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Title First record of two species of goby fish, Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia Bleeker and Istigobius diadema Steindachner (Perciformes: Gobiidae) in Indian waters
 
Creator Prakash, S
Kumar, T. T. Ajith
Rao, R. Vishwas
Gunasundari, V.
 
Subject Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia
Istigobius diadema
Gobiidae
First record
Tamilnadu
India
 
Description 905-909
Two goby fishes Cryptocentrus cyanotaenia Bleeker, 1853 and Istigobius diadema Steindachner 1877 were collected from the Tuticorin and Mandapam coastal waters of Tamilnadu, India. C. cyanotaenia is well distinguished by the presence of grey color body with 9 narrow white bars; blue lines and spots with markings on the head and snout; yellow margins of dorsal, anal and caudal fins. I. diadema is easily recognized by bold black line on the posterior portion of the eye; head region with a dark reddish tinge; dorsal, anal and caudal fins with dark spots.
 
Date 2016-07-20T12:12:40Z
2016-07-20T12:12:40Z
2015-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34835
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(06) [June 2015]