Record and distribution of puffer fish, Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidnae) from Tapi River, Gujarat.

Nevya, Thakkar; Kangkan Jyoti, Sarma; Ketan, Tatu; Ravi D., Kamboj; Pradeep, Mankodi

doi:10.21608/ejabf.2018.32010

Record and distribution of puffer fish, Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidnae) from Tapi River, Gujarat.

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10.21608/ejabf.2018.32010

Abstract

Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae), is a puffer fish found in shallow coastal waters has a native distribution in entire Indo-West Pacific region (Froese and Pauly, 2014). This species is observed in shallow coastal ecosystems such as estuaries, mangroves, coral reefs and sand and gravel sediments, including the soft bottom areas of inshore and offshore regions. Takifugu oblongus is one of the widely distributed species among the genus Takigufu but no report or publication has been made so far from the western coast of India. This paper reports the record of the fish from Magdalla along the course of Tapi River, Surat, Gujarat.

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