Record Details

Record of six species of Mudskippers (Gobiidae : Oxudercinae) from the mangroves of Bhitarkanika, Odisha, east coast of India

NOPR - NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title Record of six species of Mudskippers (Gobiidae : Oxudercinae) from the mangroves of Bhitarkanika, Odisha, east coast of India
 
Creator Das, Mithila
Palita, Sharat K
 
Subject Bhitarkanika
Mudskipper
Oxudercinae
Amphibious fish
Inter-tidal habitat
Estuarine Ecosystem
 
Description 1294-1301
Present paper consists the record of six species of mudskippers along with their morphometric analysis and spatial distribution from Bhitarkanika mangroves of Odisha, in the east coast of India. The six species of mudskippers are distributed under six genera Apocryptes (A. bato), Baleopthalmus (B. boddarti), Parapocryptes (P. serperaster), Periophthalmus (P. novemradiatus), Pseudapocryptes (Ps. elongatus) and Scartelaos (S. histophorus). The study was conducted from November 2010 to March 2013 in Bhitarkanika Wildlife sanctuary covering four survey sites representing degraded mangrove in downstream seaward side, the mangrove region and degraded mangrove in upstream tidal riverward side. While Baleopthalmus boddarti and Pseudapocryptes elongatus are found in all four habitats, Parapocryptes serperaster and Scartelaos histophorus are found both from seaward side and riverward side. Apocryptes bato are exclusively from upstream tidal riverward side and Periopthalmus novemradiatus are found exclusively from mangrove regions. P. serperaster were found to be the longest, A. bato were the heaviest and P. novemradiatus were the smallest as well as lightest.
 
Date 2016-07-21T07:30:10Z
2016-07-21T07:30:10Z
2015-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34911
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(09) [September 2015]