FIRST REPORT OF THREE SURGEON FISHES (FAMILY: ACANTHURIDAE) FROM THE NORTH OFEAST COAST OF INDIA

摘要

The surgeonfishes (Family: Acanthuridae) are comprised of seven genera and about 81 species throughout the world (Kamla Devi and Rao 2003), of which only 18 species occur on the east coast of the Indian mainland (Barman et al. 2004,2007,2011; Chatterjee et al. 2000; Das etal. 2007; Goswami 1992; Krishnan et al. 2007; Manna and Goswami 1985; Mohapatra et al. 2007, 2013; Murty 2002; Talwar and Kacker 1984; Talwar et al. 1994; Varghese et al. 2011). Recently, during a survey of ornamental fish fauna from the east coast of India, we collected three species of surgeonfish, namely Acanthurus auranticavus Randall, 1956; Acanthurus bariene Lesson, 1831; and Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) that had not been reported from the Indian mainland coast. From Indian waters, the three species have been reported only from the waters of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Rajan et al. 2011).