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First Record of Diagramma Pictum (Thunberg, 1792) from the Odisha Coast, India IndianIndian Journal Journal ofof Geo-Marine Marine SciencesSciences Vol. 43(6), June 2014, pp.977-979 971-973 First record of Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) from the Odisha coast, India J.K.Seth* & Somanth Sahoo Department of Zoology,Berhampur University, Odisha * [E-mail: [email protected]] Received 15 December 2012; revised II January 2013 One specimen of the Family Heamulidae collected from Gopalpur-on-Sea in 2012 is a new record to Odisha coast. This paper deals with morphological description of the species. [Keywords: Goplapur-on-Sea, Odisha coast, Diagramma pictumi Introduction Results Odisha coast is known to harbour around 605 Taxonomy fish species under 138 families and 27 orders'. The Order- Perciforrnes family Haemulidae includes 5 species viz., Plectorhinchus nigrus (Cuvier), Pomadasys argenteus Family- Heamulidae (Forsskal), P. argyeus (Valenciennes), P. kaakan (Cuvier), P. maculatum (Blotch)! in Odisha coast. The Type- Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) present record of the species Diagramma pictum Diagnosis: The body of the fish is oblong, laterally (Thunberg, 1792) belonging to the Family compressed. Total length of the fish is 16.52 em, Heamulidae is the first record to the Odisha coast. Standard Length (SL) is 13.35 cm and the Head Materials and Methods Length (HL) is 3.9 em, respectively. The standard head profile strongly convex, scales present on entire The specimen was collected on 25.08.2012 from head (except front of snout, lips and chin), mouth a fishing boat operated at Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha small, lips thick, chin with 6 pores, teeth villiform coast. Morphometric and meristic characters of the specimen was studied as per standard format". The (no enlarged canine teeth). Dorsal fin with 10 spines, specimen has been preserved in 2% formalin and the soft part of the dorsal fin much longer with 23 deposited in Zoological Museum, Animal Diversity soft rays. Scales small and ctenoid type. Lateral line Laboratory of Berhampur University, Odisha. with 65 scales. Anal fin with 3 spines and 7 soft rays. Material Examined Colour: Greyish-white with 8 longitudinal bands One specimen from Gopalpur-on-Sea (N 19° th (151,3rd, 4th and 5 complete distinct dark brown 14'57'~ E 84° 54' 00"), Odisha Coast, 16.52 em, yellow band, 2nd is incomplete dark brown yellow, Coll. Somanath Sahoo, Dt.25.08.2012. 6th to 8thare incomplete light yellow)(fig.l). 978972 INDIAN J MAR SCI VOL 43 (6), JUNE 2014 Table—1 Morphometric characters Name of the body part Length in centimeter 1. Total length 16.52 2. Standard length (SL) 13.35 3. Head length(HL) 03.90 4. Head width 01.89 5. Height of head 04.00 6. Body depth 04.80 Fig.1—Diagramma pictum 7. Pre dorsal length 03.35 Description 8. Pre pectoral length 04.00 Fin formula- “D.X, 23; P.16; V.I, 5; A.III, 7; C.17; 9. Pre pelvic length 04.18 Ll.65”. (Table 2). 10. Pre anal length 08.34 Lateral line is complete with perforated 65 scales. 11. Longest dorsal spine 02.40 Number of Scales above lateral line to origin of dorsal fin is 26, whereas scales below lateral line to the origin 12. Longest dorsal ray 01.65 of anal fin are 20. Scale rows in cheek are 19. Scales 13. Dorsal fin base 07.91 present on the basal part of the fins. The first Gill 14. Longest anal spine 01.60 arch is having 13 gill rakers in lower arm and 7 in the upper arm. Head depth and width are 4.00 cm and 15. Longest anal ray 02.35 1.89 cm, respectively. Eyes are big having 1.30 cm in 16. Anal fin base 01.34 diameter without adipose eyelids (Table 1). Mouth is 17. Longest pectoral fin ray 02.29 anterior having thick lips. Maxilla bears bands of villiform teeth. There are no spines in the operculum 18. Pectoral fin base 00.76 and the pre-operculum serrated. Single dorsal fin has 19. Longest pelvic spine 01.83 two black bands, having longest second dorsal spine. 20. Longest pelvic ray 02.84 Sixth pectoral fin is longest. Pelvic fin has a single spine. Caudal fin margin is truncate. Lateral line 21. Pelvic base 00.63 scales extend onto the caudal fin. 22. Snout length 00.60 Body proportion in cm (as per SL) 23. Inter orbital length 01.10 Head Length 3.42; head width 7.06; head depth 24. Length of caudal peduncle 01.79 3.33; body depth 2.78; eye diameter 10.26; inter 25. Depth of caudal peduncle 01.52 orbital 12.13; pre orbital 9.53; lower jaw length 8.84; 26. Longest caudal ray 02.58 upper jaw length 7.62; pre dorsal length 3.98; pre pelvic length 3.19; pre pectoral length 3.33; pre anal 27. Eye diameter 01.30 length 1.60; pectoral fin length 5.82; pelvic fin length 28. Pre orbital length 01.40 7.29; dorsal fin length 5.56; anal fin length 8.34; caudal fin length 5.13; pectoral fin base 17.56; pelvic 29. Length of the Lower Jaw 01.51 fin base 21.19; dorsal fin base 1.68; anal fin base 9.96; 30. Lenght of the Upper Jaw 01.75 depth of the caudal fin base 8.78. SETH et al. FIRST RECORD OF DIAGRAMMA PICTUM 979973 Diagramma pictum (Thunberg) is the first record from Table—2 Meristic characters the Odisha coast. The present species is having little 1. Dorsal fin X+23 variation in the scales in the lateral line and scales above the lateral line, with the species earlier 2. Anal fin III+7 described from Indian water3,4, which may be due to 3. Pectoral fin 16 the Geographical location. The species Plectorhinchus diagramma (Linnaeus, 1758)5 is close 4. Pelvic fin I+5 to the present record. However the number of dorsal fin spines is 11 in the P. diagramma (Linnaeus, 1758) 5. Caudal fin 17 and 10 in the present record. Similarly, variations are 6. No. of lateral line scales 65 also there in the scales above the lateral line and of the lateral line between the two species. 7. Scales above lateral line 26 Acknowledgement 8. Scales below lateral line 20 Authors are thankful to the Head, Department of 9. No. of gill rakers 13+7 Zoology, Berhampur University for providing 10. Scale rows in cheek 19 laboratory facilities and acknowledge the encouragements extended by the other teachers of the 11. Circumpeduncular scale 16 Department during the MS preparation. 12. Pre dorsal scales 44 References 13. Total No. of pores on the lower jaw 06 1 Barman, R.P., Mishra, S.S., Kar, S., Mukharjee, P. and Saren, S.C., Marine and estuarine fish fauna of Orissa. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, occ., 260 (2007) 1-186. Body proportion in cm (as per HL) 2 Kumar, S D., Nair, R.J., and Kuriakose, S., First record of Centroberyx rubricaudas (Liu and Shen, 1985) Head width 2.06; head depth 0.97; eye diameter (Beryciformes:Berycidae) from Indian waters (Andaman Islands), Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science; 41(1) 3.00; inter orbital 3.54; pre orbital length 2.78; lower (February,2012), pp.7-11 jaw length 2.58; upper jaw length 2.22. 3 Talwar, P. K. and Kacker, R. K., The commercial sea fishes Geographical distribution of India. (Handbook. Zoological Survey of India), 4 (1984), pp. 591-592 3 Widespread in the tropical Indo-west Pacific . In 4 Rao, D. V. Guide to Reef Fishes of Andaman and Nichobar India, it is reported from Gulf of Mannar3 and Islands, (Zoological Survey of India) 2003, pp. 555. 4 Andaman and Nicobar water . 5 Fischer, W and Bianchi, G. (eds). FAO Species Identification sheets for Fishery purpose, Western Indian Results and Discussion Ocean; (Fishing area 51), (Prepared and printed with the support of the Danish International Development Agency The Genus ‘Daigramma’ under the Family (DANIDA). Rome, Food and Agricultural Organization ‘Heamulidae’ is monotypic. The present record of of the United Nations) vols 1-6 (1984) pag. var..
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