First record of the silver-cheeked toad fish Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) from Chennai coastal waters, Southeast India

Krishnan  Silambarasan; Krishnamurthy  Sujatha; Arumugam  Sundaramanickam; Elumalai  Rajalakshmi; Arokia Doss Anitha  Joice

doi:10.17017/j.fish.47

Krishnan Silambarasan PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5805-1562
Krishnamurthy Sujatha Dr MGR Educational Research Institute (University), Chennai, India
Arumugam Sundaramanickam CAS Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India
Elumalai Rajalakshmi PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India
Arokia Doss Anitha Joice PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India

Keywords: Silver-cheeked toad fish, Lagocephalus scleratus, Kasimedu, Chennai Coast

Abstract

The silver-cheeked toad fish, Lagocephalus scleratus, was recorded for the first time on 25 September 2014. Two specimens of this fish species were collected from the by-catch landed by a commercial deep-sea trawler at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour, Chennai coast, Southeast India. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. The specimen was compared with earlier reports.

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