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On the occurrence of the blennioid fishes Blennius semifasciatus Ruppell (Family : Blenniidae) and Tripterygion fasciatum (Weber) (Family : Clinidae) along the Indian Coast

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Title On the occurrence of the blennioid fishes Blennius semifasciatus Ruppell (Family : Blenniidae) and Tripterygion fasciatum (Weber) (Family : Clinidae) along the Indian Coast
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Creator Lal Mohan,R S
 
Subject Blennius semifasciatus Ruppell
B. semlfasciatus
Blennius cyclops Ruppell
B. cyclops
 
Description Not Available
While collecting shore fishes from Bombay, two specimens of Blennius semifasciatus Ruppell were obtained. This species was formerly reported from Red Sea by Riippell (1835). Though Klunzinger (1870) synonymised B. semlfasciatus
with Blennius cyclops Ruppell, it differs from B. cyclops in having less anal rays (5. cyclops, D.29, A.20, B. semlfasciatus, D.26, A. 18) and in other characters.
Smith (1959) described B. lodosus from the south-east coast of Africa. It comes closer to B. semlfasciatus but differs from it in fin formula, supraorbital cirri and colouration.
Mukerji (1935) who described B. semlfasciatus from Andaman Islands, stated that' this is perhaps one of the rarest species of the genus Blennius' (p. 273). As this is the first report from the coasts of mainland of India, a short description is given here.
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Date 2021-08-10T12:00:54Z
2021-08-10T12:00:54Z
1968
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/54408
 
Language English
 
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Publisher MBAI