Note on occurrence of Lutke’s halfbeak Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes, 1847 (Beloniformes: Hemiramphidae), along Odisha Coast

Swarup Ranjan  Mohanty; Jaya Kishor Seth; Anil  Mohapatra; Subhrendu Sekhar  Mishra

doi:10.17017/j.fish.237

Swarup Ranjan Mohanty Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha-761002, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-9166
Jaya Kishor Seth Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Ganjam, Odisha-760007, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-5971
Anil Mohapatra Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha-761002, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-7039
Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, 27-J.N.Road, Kolkata, West Bengal-700016, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-8374

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17017/j.fish.237

Keywords: New record, Hemiramphidae, Lutke’s halfbeak, Hemiramphus lutkei, east coast of India

Abstract

The paper reports occurrence of Lutke’s halfbeak Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes, 1847, for the first time from the coastal waters of Odisha coast, India. This report confirms the occurrence of this species form an extended geographical range along the east coast of India and will be helpful in further study of its biology, zoogeography and taxonomic status of the family Hemiramphidae.

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