JMImrm~IF(Q)W® II~llnltllny@f[m11Ilrmm @ll Arm cdl2IDITIID 2IDIID ~ N fi ~@ lID ~IF ll~n2IDIID cdl~ Bay ,0 Bengal A VI D.V. RAO ZOO OG C SURVE OF I OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 265 RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA Mangrove Ichthyofauna of Andantan & Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal KAMLADEVI D.V. RAO Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Station, Port Blair - 744101 Edited by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata Zoological Survey of India Kolkata CITATION Kamla Devi and Rao, D.V. 2007. Mangrove Icthyofauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bay of Bengal. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 265 : 1-228 (Including 160 Colour Photographs). (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. 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RECORDS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 265 2007 1-228 CONTENTS IN'TRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 MANGROVES OF A & N ISLANDS .................................................................................... 1 SYSTEMATIC ACCOUNT . .... ... ... .... .... ....... .......... .... ... ......... ... .......... ........ ...... ....... .............. 10 Phylum CHORDATA ......................................................................................................... 10 Subphylum VERTEBRATA ....... ............ ........... ... ...... ..... ..... ..................... ...... ....... .... ........ 10 Class CHONDRICHTHYES ............................................................................................. 10 Subclass ELASMOBRANCHll .. ...... .... ....... .... ... ...... ....... ....... .... ..... .... ............ ....... .......... 10 Order CARCHARHINIFORMES ..................................................................................... 10 Family CARCHARlIINID AE ............................................................................................ 1 0 1. Carcharhinus melanopterus .............................................................................................. 10 Family SPHYRNIDAE .................................................................................................... 10 2. Eusphyma blochii.... ..................... ..... ...... ... .... .... ........ ........... ....... .... ........ ............. ........... 10 3. Sphyma zygaena ................................................................................................................. 11 Order RAJIFO RMES ......................................................................................................... 11 Family RliIN'OBATIDAE ................................................................................................... 11 4. Rhinobatos granulatus ....................................................................................................... 11 5. Rhynchobatus djeddensis .................................................................................................. 12 Order MYLIOBATIFORMES ............................................................................... ............ 12 Family DASYATIDAE ....................................................................................................... 12 6. Dasyatis kuhlii................................................................................................................... 12 iv 7. H imantura uamak....................................................... ................................................. ..... 13 8. Hypolophus sephen ........................................................................................................... 13 Class OSTEICHTHYES .•......••..............•.............••..•....•.....••......••..•.••••••......•...••........•..••• 14 Order ELOPIFO RMES ..................................................................................................... 14 Family ELOPIDAE ............................................................................................................ 14 9. Elops maehnata ... .... ......... ...... ...... ................. ............ ........ .......... ............... ... .............. ...... 14 Family MEGALOPIDAE ........ ...... ............. ...................................................................... 14 Genus M egalops Lacepede, 1803................................................................................. ....... 14 10. Megalops eyprinoides 14 Family ALBULIDAE 15 11. Albula vulpe s .................................................................................................................. 15 Order AN' G UILLIFO'RMES ............................................................................................. 15 F ami IyANG UILLID AE .................................................................................................... 15 12. Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis ........... ...................................................................... 15 13. Anguilla bieolor bieolor 16 Family MURAENIDAE ................................................................................................... 16 14. Gymnothorax fimbriatus ................. ............................................................................... 16 15. Gymnotho rax tile.......................................................................................................... ... 16 16. Gymnothorax undulatus ......... ................... ...... ................................................................ 17 17. Thyrsoidea maerura .. .... ....... ........................... ....... .............. .... ........ ... ......... ...... ............. 17 18. Uropterygius eoneolor ..................................................................................................... 18 Family OPIDCHTHIDAE ....................................................•..................................•.......• 18 19. Leiuranus semieinetus ............................... ...................................................................... 18 Order CLUPEIFORMES ................................................................•..........................••..... 19 Family CLUPEIDAE ......................................................................................................... 19 20. Amblygaster elupeoides .................................................................................................. 19 21. Amblygaster leiogaster ................................................................................................... 19 22. Amblygaster sirm ............................................................................................................. 20 23. Anodontostoma ehaeunda .............................................................................................. 20 24. Dussumieria aeuta ........................................................................................................... 20 v 25. Dussumieria elopsoides ................................................................................................. 21 26. Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus .................................................................................. 21 27.. N eTrJatalosa nasus ................................................................................................ · .......... · 22 28. Pellona dayi .................................................................................................................... 22 29. Pellona ditchela ................................................................. ~ ............................................ 23 30. Sardinella fimbriata ........................................................................................................ 23 31. Sardinella gibbosa ........................................................................................................... 23 32. Sardinella melanura ........................................................................................................ 24 33. Tenualosa toli............................................................................................. .... .... ......... .... 24 Family PRISTIGASTERIDAE ....................................................................................... 25 34. Ilisha megaloptera ........................................................................................................... 25 35. Ilisha melastoma ............................................................................................................. 25 Family ENGRAULIDAE ................................................................................................