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New Distributional Record of Flat Needlefish Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) (Beloniformes: Belonidae) in the North-Eastern Indian Ocean with Taxonomic Details

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Title New Distributional Record of Flat Needlefish Ablennes hians
(Valenciennes, 1846) (Beloniformes: Belonidae) in the North-Eastern
Indian Ocean with Taxonomic Details
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Creator Jaiswar,A K
Rohit,Prathibha
Abdussamad,E M
Roul,Subal Kumar
 
Subject Ablennes hians
Belonidae
Flat needlefish
Odisha coast
Northeast coast
 
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Present study is based on five specimens of flat needlefish Ablennes hians collected from Puri North (Lat. 19047′43.062″N, Long.
85049′38.5788″E), Odisha, India on 7 January 2018. Based on morphometric and meristic characters, the specimens were
identified as Ablennes hians (family Belonidae), having laterally compressed body with a series of vertical bars, 26 to 27 anal
fin rays, 24–25 dorsal fin rays, 13–14 pectoral fin rays, and single lobe of gonad. A. hians can be distinguished from other three
species of needlefishes reported from northeast coast of India based on body shape (body strongly compressed laterally in
A. hians vs. rounded in cross section in other three species), number of anal fin rays (24–28 in A. hians vs. 15–25), vertical bars
on body (a series of vertical bars in A. hians vs. no vertical bars in others except for S. leiurawhere few vertical bars are present on
anterior half of the body). The occurrence of flat needlefish along Odisha Coast revealed the extension of its known geographical
distributional range i.e. from noth of Andhra Pradesh in the North-eastern Indian Ocean. Further, it is an addition to the
ichthyofaunal biodiversity of northeast coast of India.
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Date 2021-09-18T04:00:08Z
2021-09-18T04:00:08Z
2018
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
0212-5919
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/64217
 
Language English
 
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Publisher DOI 10.1007/s41208-018-0082-1