First record of the twostripe goby, Valenciennea helsdingenii (Gobiidae, Gobiiformes) from the southeast coast of India

Abstract. Two specimens of Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) were collected off Punnakayal coast, from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India in November 2012. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first record of the sp...

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Autores principales: Kannan, K., Sureshkumar, K., Ranjith, L., Joshi, K. K., Madan, M. S., John, Sajan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24003316
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.323.5440
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Sumario:Abstract. Two specimens of Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) were collected off Punnakayal coast, from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India in November 2012. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first record of the species from the Indian waters that is a range extension of its known range within the Indian Ocean.

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