Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831)

Swain, Ritanjali, Kisku, Subash, Nayak, Lakshman, Mishra, Subhrendu Sekhar & Patro, Shesdev, 2022, First record of four snapper fishes (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) from Odisha, East coast of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (1), pp. 43-49 : 44

2. Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes, 1831) : Indian snapper ( Figure 2 )

Material examined: EBEC /ZSI/F-13367, 1 ex., 165 mm SL, Gopalpur fish landing center, coll. R. Swain, 27 th October 2021

Diagnosis: D X, 13; A III, 8; P 16; V 1, 5; LL 51; GL 9+12. Body depth 2.95 and HL 2.78 times in SL; eye diameter 3.73 times, suborbital depth 6.19 times in HL; suborbital depth less than eye diameter; preopercular notch and knob well developed; vomerine tooth patch crescentic without medial posterior extension; tongue smooth, without teeth; 7 transverse scale rows on cheek; caudal fin emarginated; scale rows above lateral line rising obliquely. Colour: Dorsal surface of body brownish and fins yellow except pelvic fins.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles and Maldives to New Guinea and the Philippines (Froece & Pauly, 2021). India – Tamil Nadu ( Krishnan et al., 2007), Kerala ( Day, 1865), Andaman & Nicobar Islands ( Talwar, 1990), Lakshadweep Islands ( Allen, 1985) and Odisha (present report).

Remarks: This species also occurs in Lakshadweep Islands ( Allen, 1985; Froece & Pauly, 2021), but not included in Rajan et al. (2021). As given the distribution map by Allen (1985) this species is available all along the east coast of India, but there was no material evidence of this species from Odisha, West Bengal or Andhra Pradesh ( Barman, 2017). The present paper provides material evidence with regard to the occurrence of Lutjanus madras from the Odisha coast for the first time amounting to its first record from the state.

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Figure 2. Lutjanus madras (Valenciennes).