Record of zipper loach Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (Chaudhuri, 1910), an indigenous ornamental fish from West Bengal, India

Godhuli Sit; Arun Jana; Angsuman Chanda; Sanjat Kumar  Sahu

doi:10.17017/j.fish.477

Godhuli Sit Natural and Applied Science Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Arun Jana Natural and Applied Science Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Angsuman Chanda Natural and Applied Science Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India; Department of Environmental Science, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha- 768019, India
Sanjat Kumar Sahu Department of Environmental Science, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha- 768019, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17017/j.fish.477

Keywords: loach, Nemachilidae, ornamental fish, Paracanthocobitis mackenziei, first record, West Bengal

Abstract

Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (Chaudhuri, 1910) is an ornamental fish belonging to the family Nemachilidae, mainly reported from several localities in the Ganges River basin of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in Northern India. During a study on indigenous ornamental fish diversity in Paschim Medinipur district, P. mackenziei has been recorded for the first-time from Kangsabati River basin. The specimens have been identified based on morphometric and meristematic craracteristics. This report is the extension of the distribution of the species up to the South-Western part of West Bengal.

Author Biographies

Godhuli Sit, Natural and Applied Science Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India

Department of Zoology

Arun Jana, Natural and Applied Science Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India

Department od Zoology

Angsuman Chanda, Natural and Applied Science Research Centre, Department of Zoology, Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India; Department of Environmental Science, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha- 768019, India

Department of Zoology

Associate Professor

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