taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EAA4FCA087E0.taxon	vernacular_names	Starry triggerfish (Figure 48)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EAA4FCA087E0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex., 09.06.2011, Mohana, Digha Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1866,	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EAA4FCA087E0.taxon	description	Description: D: III, 25 - 27, A: 0, 24 - 25. Body deep and laterally compressed, with the large rectilinear scale plates of the thick skin forming regular rows, and the scales of the cheek in an even, relatively complete covering. Three prominent dorsal fin spines, the first capable of being locked erect by the second; caudal fin rays of adults prolonged above and below. Caudal peduncle depressed. Colour grey dashed with olive-green; 3 large white blotches on back, disappearing in large specimens; numerous small blue spots on body and 3 or 4 yellow lines from mouth to pectoral fin base; soft dorsal and anal fins with yellow, slightly oblique stripes; pectoral fins yellow.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EAA4FCA087E0.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf to South Africa (also reported from West Africa), east to the western Pacific.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EAA4FCA087E0.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has no fisheries value. Size: 60 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EF64FE1485CC.taxon	vernacular_names	Bluestriped surgeonfish (Figure 39)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EF64FE1485CC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex, TL 207 mm, New Digha, Reg. no. MARC / ZSI / F 568.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EF64FE1485CC.taxon	description	Description: D: IX, 27 - 30; A: III, 25 - 28. Body slightly oblong; caudal spine long; caudal fin lunate; dorsal fin spines 9; teeth in jaws fixed. Upper part of body and head with black-edged blue and yellow stripes on body and head; lower part pale lavender to bluish white; dorsal and anal fin dark blue; caudal fin bluish with a broad black area at base; pectoral fin hyaline; ventral fin yellowish orange.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EF64FE1485CC.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa, including the Mascarene Islands to the Hawaiian, Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EF64FE1485CC.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EF64FE1485CC.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Ornamental & venomous. Size: 35 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EC41FBD6801B.taxon	vernacular_names	Elongate surgeonfish (Figure 40)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EC41FBD6801B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex, TL 252 mm, Digha Mohana, Reg. no. ZSI / MARC / F 769.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EC41FBD6801B.taxon	description	Description: D: IX, 24 - 26; A: III, 23 - 24. Body elongated and slightly deep; dorsal profile of head gradually sloping to snout; mouth small; caudal fin lunate. Dark brown with narrow longitudinal blue line on head and body; a yellow area behind eye; two yellow bands radiating anteriorly from eye. Capable of change colour to overall pale blue. A single, sharp, forward-pointing erectile spine which folds down into a horizontal groove on each side of the caudal peduncle; spine in white sheath. Gill rakers 13 - 15 in both anterior and posterior rows. Scales minute.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EC41FBD6801B.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa and east to the Marquesan and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EC41FBD6801B.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FF62EC41FBD6801B.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Ornamental & venomous. Size: 50 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FCA1E80CFA748671.taxon	vernacular_names	Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish (Figure 41)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FCA1E80CFA748671.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 3 ex, TL 209 - 293 mm, Reg. no. ZSI / MARC / F 757, Digha Mohana.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FCA1E80CFA748671.taxon	description	Description: D: VIII, 233; A: III, 22 - 29. Body deep and compressed; Margin of caudal fin narrow and white. No orange area behind gill opening and extending ventrally behind base of pectoral fins. Occurs in shallow lagoon and seaward reefs, in areas of mixed coral, rock or sand.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FCA1E80CFA748671.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea west to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago, and east to islands of southern Indonesia at least to Bali.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FCA1E80CFA748671.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC6FCA1E80CFA748671.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Ornamental.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EBA8FE3C8710.taxon	vernacular_names	African pompano (Figure 15)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EBA8FE3C8710.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex, Mohana, Digha; 13.10.11., Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1949.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EBA8FE3C8710.taxon	description	Description: Body deep, becoming more elongate with growth, and very compressed. Profile of nape and head broadly rounded; anterior soft rays of dorsal and anal fins extremely long and filamentous in young; pectoral fins falcate, longer than head; pelvic fins elongate in young. Lateral line standard length anteriorly with a strong and moderately long arch, its posterior (straight) part with 12 to 30 scutes. Colour mostly silvery with a light metallic bluish tinge on upper third of body and head; juveniles with 5 chevron-shaped dark bars on body, and a black blotch at base of 3 rd to 6 th soft dorsal fin rays, filaments black distally.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EBA8FE3C8710.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Worldwide in tropical seas. Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean, Eastern Pacific.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EBA8FE3C8710.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EBA8FE3C8710.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value, ornamental & gamefish. There is also reports of ciguatera poisoning. Size: 130 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EF35FEA48456.taxon	vernacular_names	Shrimp scad (Figure 16)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EF35FEA48456.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 3 ex, Mohana, Digha; 16.03.12; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 2458.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EF35FEA48456.taxon	description	Description: Body oblong, compressed, with dorsal and ventral profiles almost evenly convex; snout pointed. Eye diameter about equal to snout length, with adipose eyelid well developed on posterior half of eye only; scales in curved part of lateral line 31 to 36; 0 to 3 scutes in curved part; straight part with 0 to 2 scales and 39 to 51 scutes. Colour greyish-green above, silvery to white below; a distinct black blotch on margin of opercle, bordered above by a smaller white spot. Spinous dorsal fin pale to dark dusky; dorsal-fin lobe dusky, pale distally. Caudal fin yellowish, except upper lobe often dusky to black distally; other fins pale.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EF35FEA48456.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands, north to Japan, south to Australia. Immigrant to the eastern Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FF79EF35FEA48456.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has commercial value & gamefish. Size: 16 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8E9ADFAFC87A2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3734.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8E9ADFAFC87A2.taxon	description	Description: D: IV, 9; A: 9. Whitish background colour on body with numerous small black spots on head and trunk; five large greenish brown blotches on each flank in a midlateral positions and 5 smaller ones dorso laterally.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8E9ADFAFC87A2.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8E9ADFAFC87A2.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has no commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62EEF9FA748277.taxon	vernacular_names	King soldier bream (Figure 29)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62EEF9FA748277.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex, Mohana, Digha; 09.11.11, Reg. no. MARC / ZSI / F 1971.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62EEF9FA748277.taxon	description	Description: Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Body deep, strongly compressed. Upper profile of head steep and almost straight from upper jaw to eye; eye large; caudal fin deeply emarginate to forked with pointed lobes; the first 2 spines very short, 3 rd to 5 th spines flattened and much elongated. Body mainly silvery pinkish, darker on head; usually dark red on margin of upper part of opercle; all fins red. Young fish with several vertical red bars on body.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62EEF9FA748277.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and northern Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62EEF9FA748277.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 65 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8AFFC7FCA1EEF9FD558277.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3738. Description: D: IX, 14 - 16; A: III, 13 - 15. Body moderately deep, compressed but thick; caudal peduncle short, not compressed, almost square in crosssection and with two very low and ill-defined fleshy keels at base of caudal fin; snout blunt and rounded. Colour silvery with a bluish tinge on back; may have a few darker and variable blotches on sides; inside of opercle black; eye with 2 golden crescents separated by a vertical dark region almost the width of the lens; large specimens may be uniformly dark. Distribution: Indo-Pacific: South Africa to the Persian Gulf (but not in the Red Sea) east to the Indo-Malayan region, north to Japan. Remarks: The fish has commercial value. Size: 23 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF86FFCBFC79EC20FD3983DB.taxon	description	108. Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF87FFCBFF52E868FD1A80EB.taxon	description	119. Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1850) 120. Strongylura strongylura (Van Hasselt, 1823) 121. Tylosurus crocodiles (Peron & Le Sueur, 1821)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8EBA8FAEE8015.taxon	vernacular_names	Oriental sole (Figure 45)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8EBA8FAEE8015.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3748.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8EBA8FAEE8015.taxon	description	Description: Body oval and flat, both contours equally arched. Eyes on right side, separated by a scaly space; mouth small, curved, cleft reaching to below middle of lower eye. Dorsal and anal fins joined to caudal fin; pectoral fins well developed. Colour grey or brown with cloudy indistinct patches on eyed side, tinged yellow on blind side; pectoral fin on eyed side darker. Size: 24 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8EBA8FAEE8015.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and Persian Gulf, then off the west coast of India and Sri Lanka, eastward through the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to China and northern Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8EBA8FAEE8015.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EFD9FD128472.taxon	vernacular_names	Yellow-dabbled flounder (Figure 44)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EFD9FD128472.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3741.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EFD9FD128472.taxon	description	Description: D: 0, 65 - 77, A: 0, 41 - 50. Body oval and flat; dorsal fin extending onto head; dorsal fin without spine. Lower jaw prominent; vomarine teeth present. Ground color yellowish or yellowish brown; dorsal, anal and caudal fins paler than body with dark spots. Blind side whitish. Some anterior dorsal fin rays elongated in males, not in females, all rays except a few at posterior end of fin unbranched. Pectoral fin on eyed side with 11 - 13 rays, on blind side with 10 - 13 rays. Caudal fin with 13 - 14 branched rays and rounded margin	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EFD9FD128472.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India eastward to the Malay Archipelago and the South China Sea, southward to the Philippines and northwest Australia; eastward to New Guinea.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EFD9FD128472.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EFD9FD128472.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEF4DFF6586DA.taxon	vernacular_names	Sawcheek scorpionfish (Figure 11)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEF4DFF6586DA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex., 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3724.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEF4DFF6586DA.taxon	description	Description: Dorsal fin spines short; dorsal fin membtrane between spines moderately incised. Scales present on serrated mandible. Dorsal spines 13, rays 11; Anal spines 3, rays 6.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEF4DFF6586DA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Oman to Philippines and Taiwan. Also reported from the Arafura Sea.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEF4DFF6586DA.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has no commercial value. Size: 35 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EA10FAFC8185.taxon	vernacular_names	Black-spotted gudgeon (Figure 35)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EA10FAFC8185.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 5 ex., 09.06.11, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 2288.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EA10FAFC8185.taxon	description	Description: D: IV, 9; A: 9. 7 thin longitudinal lines and irregular dark spots on body; black spot on pectoral base; caudal fin black.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EA10FAFC8185.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to New Guinea.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EA10FAFC8185.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has no commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79EE9DFAFC83D8.taxon	vernacular_names	Arrow dragonet (Figure 34)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79EE9DFAFC83D8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3733.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79EE9DFAFC83D8.taxon	description	Description: D: IV, 9; A: 9. Head and body sand yellow, covered with numerous small dark spots. Ventral sides whitish. Dorsal fin black, first membrane often (at least basally) whitish in females. Anal fin white. Second dorsal, caudal, pectoral, and pelvic fins spotted with brown.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79EE9DFAFC83D8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79EE9DFAFC83D8.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79EE9DFAFC83D8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has no commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF86FFCAFC79E8BCFA8B8707.taxon	description	93. Chirocentrus nudus Swainson, 1839.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EA80FCAB8710.taxon	vernacular_names	Malabar tongue sole (Figure 43)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EA80FCAB8710.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3739.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EA80FCAB8710.taxon	description	Description: Body flat and elongate, with dorsal and anal fins joined to caudal fin. Eyes on left side of body, with no space between them; snout short and obtusely pointed, rostral hook short, corner of mouth reaching well beyond lower eye, nearer to tip of snout than to gill opening. Two lateral lines on eyed side but none on blind side. Scales ctenoid (rough to touch) on both sides of body, moderately sized, 14 to 16 scale rows between lateral lines on eyed side. Colour light brown on eyed side with dark brown mottling forming diffuse, irregular crossbands; dorsal and anal fins grey.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EA80FCAB8710.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indian ocean, restricted to coast of India.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FF79EA80FCAB8710.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 15 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EB84FCC280D8.taxon	vernacular_names	Indian scad (Figure 17)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EB84FCC280D8.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 6 ex.; 08.06.2011, Mohana, Digha, Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1912.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EB84FCC280D8.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate, moderately slender and slightly compressed. Eye moderate, with adipose eyelid well developed, completely covering eye except for a vertical slit centred on pupil. Scales in curved part of lateral line 42 to 62; scutes in curved part 0 to 4; straight part with 0 to 4 scales, followed by 30 to 40 scutes. Tip of appressed pectoral fin extending to or nearly to a vertical line from second dorsal fin origin; Colour bluish-green above, silvery below; small black blotch on margin of opercle near upper edge. Caudal fin hyaline to dusky brown, second dorsal fin hyaline basally, light dusky distally; other fins mostly hyaline, except pelvic fins of adult males slightly dark.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EB84FCC280D8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to Japan, the Arafura Sea and Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EB84FCC280D8.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EB84FCC280D8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has high commercial value. Size: 40 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EE49FBC381EC.taxon	vernacular_names	Spot-fin porcupinefish (Figure 49)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EE49FBC381EC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3746.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EE49FBC381EC.taxon	description	Description: D: 0, 14 - 17, A: 0, 14 - 16. Body globular cover with strong, long spines; two small spines on dorsal side of caudal peduncle. Body green brown dorsally with black spots; ventral side white without spots. Body robust; teeth united in each jaw but without a central division; body covered with long, sharp spines, folded backwards when body not inflated; 16 to 20 spines between snout and dorsal fin; dorsal region of caudal peduncle spiny; back, flanks and fins light brown with numerous dark spots; belly spiny.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EE49FBC381EC.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Circumtropical. Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF94FFD8FF62EE49FBC381EC.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a minor commercial value. Ornamental. Poisonous.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EF4DFA0685AA.taxon	vernacular_names	Rainbow runner (Figure 18)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EF4DFA0685AA.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 2 ex, 15.02.12, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 2320.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EF4DFA0685AA.taxon	description	Description: Body greatly elongate, almost fusiform. Head and snout pointed; mouth small, upper jaw ending distinctly before eye to below anterior margin of eye in. Caudal fin deeply forked. Lateral line with a slight anterior arch. No scutes; caudal peduncle grooves present. Colour dark olive-blue or green above and white below; 2 narrow light blue or bluish-white stripes along sides, with a broader olive or yellowish stripe between them; fins dark with an olive or yellow tint.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EF4DFA0685AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, throughout the Indo-Pacific, Eastern Pacific.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC1FCB8EF4DFA0685AA.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has high commercial value & gamefish. Reports of ciguatera poisoning. Size: 110 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC5FCA1ED86FCAB8188.taxon	vernacular_names	Orbfish (Figure 32)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC5FCA1ED86FCAB8188.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3731.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC5FCA1ED86FCAB8188.taxon	description	Description: D: IX, 19 - 20; A: III, 15 - 17. Body strongly compressed, rounded in shape. Body silvery with 4 - 5 vertical black bands from dorsal fin to belly. Head and body silvery blue-green. Fins dusky. Body orbicular and strongly compressed, its depth more than twice length of head. Eye above horizontal axis through mouth. Mouth small, the maxilla not reaching past vertical at front edge of eye. Jaws with bands of slender, incisiform teeth with a single lanceolate cusp. No teeth on palatines or vomer. Preopercle distinctly serrate, with a broad naked margin. Opercle without spines Margins of soft dorsal, anal, pelvic and caudal fins dusky black. Size: 25 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC5FCA1ED86FCAB8188.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to New Caledonia, north to Japan.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC5FCA1ED86FCAB8188.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Ornamental.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2EFA5FAAA8456.taxon	vernacular_names	Malabar grouper (Figure 14)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2EFA5FAAA8456.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 8 ex.; Mohana, Digha, 08.06.11; Reg. No, MARC / ZSI / F 1913.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2EFA5FAAA8456.taxon	description	Description: Head and body brownish, covered with small, well separated, blackish brown spots which extend onto chest, lower jaw and gular area and roof of mouth; head and body also with scattered white spots and blotches; 5 irregular, oblique, dark brown bars (more or less interrupted by pale spots) often visible on body; fins with scattered small black spots. Caught with hook and lines and gill nets. Occur on protected reefs and creeks. Excellent food fish, marketed fresh.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2EFA5FAAA8456.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Tonga, north to Japan, south to Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2EFA5FAAA8456.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Near Threatened (NT).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2EFA5FAAA8456.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has high commercial value in aquaculture & gamefish. Size: 100 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCFFCA1EDDEFD078170.taxon	vernacular_names	White sardine (Figure 4)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCFFCA1EDDEFD078170.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3721.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCFFCA1EDDEFD078170.taxon	description	Description: Body fusiform, moderately deep, compressed; belly with a distinct keel of scutes. Mouth small, 2 nd supramaxilla rectangular; gill opening smoothly rounded. Dorsal fin at about mid-point of body; pelvic fins below dorsal fin origin, 7 pelvic fin rays; anal fin short, its origin behind dorsal fin base. Colour back pale grey, a double pigment line along back, from head to caudal fin base; flanks with a diffuse silver band, belly pale.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCFFCA1EDDEFD078170.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Western coast of India, Elsewhere, eastward to Southeast Asia, the northeast and northwest coast of Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCFFCA1EDDEFD078170.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is commercially important.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF87FFCBFF52E948FD9A8157.taxon	description	113. Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1846) 114. Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFC0FCB8ED16FD098274.taxon	vernacular_names	Red cornetfish (Figure 9)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFC0FCB8ED16FD098274.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 3 ex.; 30.12.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1828.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFC0FCB8ED16FD098274.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate, fleshy and depressed. Mouth small, at the tip of tubular snout. Teeth small in jaws. Dorsal and anal fin opposite and short based. Lateral line arched and continuing posteriorly onto an elongate filament produced by the middle 2 caudal fin rays.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFC0FCB8ED16FD098274.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Western & Eastern Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, north to southern Japan and the Ogasawara Islands, south to Victoria, Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFC0FCB8ED16FD098274.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has subsistence fisheries.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1EA10FA118048.taxon	vernacular_names	Tiger shark (Figure 2)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1EA10FA118048.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, MARC / ZSI / F 3719.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1EA10FA118048.taxon	description	Description: Body fusiform; head, thorax and abdomen stout. A huge, vertical tiger-striped shark with a broad, bluntly rounded snout, long upper labial furrows, and a big mouth with large, saw-edged, cockscomb-shaped teeth; spiracles present; caudal keels low. Grey above with vertical dark grey to black bars and spots which appear faded in adults, white below.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1EA10FA118048.taxon	distribution	Distribution: It has a worldwide distribution in tropical and warm temperate seas. Atlantic, Indian Ocean; Pacific.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1EA10FA118048.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status: Near Threatened (NT).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1EA10FA118048.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has good fishery value. Size: 9 m.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CED68FC04811F.taxon	vernacular_names	Rough flathead (Figure 12)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CED68FC04811F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined:, 2 ex.; 21.04.11, Udaypur, Digha, Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1751.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CED68FC04811F.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate, subcylindrical, anterior nostril with flap. Each lateral line scales with a backward directed spine that extends beyond rear margin of scale, especially along the caudal peduncle. Brown above and light below, about 4 dark vertical bands on dorsal side which extend to sides also. First dorsal with minute dark spots and black on distal half. Second dorsal, anal, caudal and pectoral with small spots; pelvic dark with minute black pigment spots.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CED68FC04811F.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal through Malaysia, Indonesia to Bali and Celebes, Gulf of Thailand, Viet Nam, Hong Kong and southern Philippines. Also reported from the Arafura Sea.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CED68FC04811F.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value. Size: 18 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEA80FD4A8081.taxon	vernacular_names	Starry handfish (Figure 10)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEA80FD4A8081.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3723.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEA80FD4A8081.taxon	description	Description: Body very much depressed and flattened very much. Heads bordered and more strongly depressed. Gill opening around pectoral fin base. Body with well developed tuber like scales.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEA80FD4A8081.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Widespread in the western Pacific off Japan, Taiwan, South China Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Australia and north New Zealand.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FF5CEA80FD4A8081.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is commercial for ornamental.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8E885FA8986E6.taxon	vernacular_names	Lutke’s halfbeak (Figure 8)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8E885FA8986E6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex., 09.01.1993; Mohana, Digha; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1752.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8E885FA8986E6.taxon	description	Description: An elongate fish with a greatly prolonged, beak-like lower jaw; upper jaw short, triangular and scaleless; preorbital ridge absent. Pectoral fins long, reaching beyond anterior margin of nasal pit when folded forward. Dark bluish above, silvery white below, with no spots or vertical bars on sides. Beak dark with a bright red fleshy tip; upper lobe of caudal fin bluish.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8E885FA8986E6.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Pacific Ocean: ranging eastward to the Gilbert Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8E885FA8986E6.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is minor commercial.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1E8E1FB6C86DA.taxon	vernacular_names	Whitespotted Whipray (Figure 3)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1E8E1FB6C86DA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3720.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1E8E1FB6C86DA.taxon	description	Description: Disc wider than long; tail longer than disc length; snout forming widely obtuse angle; midline of back with three enlarged tubercles; disc naked; tail whip like without cutaenius folds, a strong spines on its dorsal surface.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1E8E1FB6C86DA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Widespread in the eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, but distribution is poorly defined. Eastern Indian Ocean: occurs from India, Sri Lanka and east to Myanmar.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1E8E1FB6C86DA.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status: Vulnerable (V).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF82FFCEFCA1E8E1FB6C86DA.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor fishery value. Attains 200 cm. Found in shallow reef areas.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EFD9FA7485AA.taxon	vernacular_names	Karut croaker (Figure 31)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EFD9FA7485AA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3728.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EFD9FA7485AA.taxon	description	Description: D XI + 26 - 29, A II + 7. A small species with a rounded snout. Mouth small, low-set, nearly horizontal and inferior; no barbel on chin; caudal fin rhomboid. Chin & snout both with 5 pores. Upper two-thirds of body dark grey with a yellow or white streak along lateral line; upper two-thirds of first dorsal black. Caught with bottom trawls and bottom setnets.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EFD9FA7485AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indian Ocean: Pakistan eastward to the west coast of the Malay Peninsula.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EFD9FA7485AA.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 30 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEDE2FA6D81C3.taxon	vernacular_names	Goldstripe ponyfish (Figure 25)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEDE2FA6D81C3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex., 11.06.1992; New Digha; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1711.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEDE2FA6D81C3.taxon	description	Description: D: VIII, 16; A: III, 14 - 15. Body rhomboid and compressed, the dorsal and ventral profiles about equally convex; snout somewhat blunt; mouth pointing downward when protracted. Colour of back greygreenish, belly silvery; black dots all over ventral half of body; a golden hue on dorsal half of body and on head; tip of snout black. Distal half of membrane between 2 nd and 6 th dorsal spines jet-black, lined above by creamy white, a broad yellow band over the lateral line, which disappears gradually on preservation; distal half of anal fin golden yellow from 2 nd spine onward; outer margin of lower caudal fin lobe also yellow.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEDE2FA6D81C3.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Gulf of Aden, along the coasts of India and Sri Lanka; including Pakistan, eastwards to the Philippines.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEDE2FA6D81C3.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 14 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79E844FE3D8654.taxon	vernacular_names	Large scale mullet (Figure 33)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79E844FE3D8654.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3732.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79E844FE3D8654.taxon	description	Description: D: IV-V, 8 - 9; A: III, 8 - 10. Body moderately robust, head wide, flattened above. First dorsal fin origin usually nearer to caudal fin base than to snout tip; adepose eyelid little developed. Colour greenish-grey above, silvery on sides and belly; fins dusky along margins.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79E844FE3D8654.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-Pacific: east coast of Africa, including Madagascar, Seychelles, Rodriguez; north to Sri Lanka and India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, east to Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Japan, Marshall and Tuamoto islands, Melanesia and Polynesia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79E844FE3D8654.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FF79E844FE3D8654.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value, Ornamental & gamefish. Size: 60 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62E99CFE118670.taxon	vernacular_names	Tripletail (Figure 28)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62E99CFE118670.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex, Mohana, Digha; 04.11.11, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3342.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62E99CFE118670.taxon	description	Description: Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Adults dark brown or greenish yellow above, silvery grey below; pectorals pale yellow, other fins darker than body; caudal fin with yellow margin. Rounded caudal fin that appear as single 3 - lobed fin. Body deep, somewhat compressed the depth much greater than head length. Eye small, upper jaw slightly protrusible. Body colour dark brown, mottled with dark spots; juveniles yellow with darker spots. Very common in driftnet catches.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62E99CFE118670.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FF62E99CFE118670.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is highly commercial, gamefish, ornamental. Size: 100 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FCB8E868FC3E85E8.taxon	vernacular_names	Bigeye snapper	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FCB8E868FC3E85E8.taxon	description	(Figure 26)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FCB8E868FC3E85E8.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 6 ex., 09.06.11; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1835. Description: D: X, 12; A: III, 8. Dorsal profile of head gently sloped. Preorbital bone very narrow, much less than eye diameter. Preopercular notch and knob poorly developed. Scale rows on back rising obliquely above lateral line. Generally silvery white, with a broad yellow stripe running along the side from the eye to the caudal fin base. A series of faint narrow yellow horizontal lines is on the lower half of the body. The fins are pale yellow to whitish. Body depth 2.9 - 3.3 in SL. Body fusiform, dorsal profile of head gently sloped; Tongue with a patch of granular teeth; caudal fin slightly emarginated. Upper part of body golden yellow and ventral part silvery white; lower half of body with a series of yellow horizontal lines along scale rows; a broad yellow stripe runs from eye to caudal fin base. Caught mainly by handlines; common snapper; marketed fresh.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FCB8E868FC3E85E8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FCB8E868FC3E85E8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has highly commercial value. Size: 30 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC4FCB8EDBDFE118157.taxon	vernacular_names	Malabar red snapper (Figure 27)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC4FCB8EDBDFE118157.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex., 08.06.2011, Mohana, Digha, Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1829.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC4FCB8EDBDFE118157.taxon	description	Description: D: 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Body relatively deep, dorsal profile of head steeply sloped; tongue smooth, without teeth; caudal fin truncate. Body red, pale in lower part; fins reddish; black band on caudal peduncle. Caught mainly by handlines, very common, commercially important and excellent food fish.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC4FCB8EDBDFE118157.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC4FCB8EDBDFE118157.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is highly commercial, gamefish, ornamental. Size: 100 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF80FFCCFC79EE90FAA58528.taxon	description	235. Monodactylus argenteus Linnaeus	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EAFCFA088711.taxon	vernacular_names	Doublewhip threadfin (Figure 30)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EAFCFA088711.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 3 ex, SL 121 - 172 mm, Digha Mohana, 14.12.2010, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 749.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EAFCFA088711.taxon	description	Description: D X + 9, A III + 7, P 17, V I + 5, GR 12 - 14, LL 47 - 48, three rows of chick scales, Dorsal fin with first and second spines close together, almost fused and produced into a long filament which is the unique characteristics of the specimen, both pectoral and pelvic fins reach the level of anus, caudal fin forked and the upper lobe prolonged into a long filament. Body depth is 2.9 to 3.2 times in standard length and head length is 3.4 to 3.8 times in standard length. Upper part of the body pinkish to silvery white on ventral surface.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EAFCFA088711.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: including the Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Strait of Malacca, Philippines, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand and Indonesia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF88FFC4FCA1EAFCFA088711.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a minor commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEF35FF7C85AA.taxon	vernacular_names	Twoblotch ponyfish (Figure 24)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEF35FF7C85AA.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 7 ex.; 14.06.1996; Ongaria ghat, Digha; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1713.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEF35FF7C85AA.taxon	description	Description: D: VIII, 16; A: III, 14. Body deep and strongly compressed; mouth pointing forward when protracted. Body silvery with irregular dark stripes on back; a dark blotch on nape, and on distal half of spinous dorsal fin membrane; pectorals, pelvics and anal fin colourless; underside of pectoral fin base black; faint yellow on basal part of spinous anal fin membrane.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEF35FF7C85AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan, India, and Thailand.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEF35FF7C85AA.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value. Size: 10 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EFEAFA6D856C.taxon	vernacular_names	Taileyed goby (Figure 37)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EFEAFA6D856C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3735.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EFEAFA6D856C.taxon	description	Description: D: VII, 9 - 11; A: I, 9 - 10. Numerous barbells on ventral side of head. Caudal fin longer than head. Body greenish above and lighter below; upper base of caudal fin with a large black spot surrounded by yellow.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EFEAFA6D856C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: south to Natal, South Africa; India and Japan.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC5FCB8EFEAFA6D856C.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has no commercial value. Poisonous.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC2FCB8EDE2FF67807F.taxon	vernacular_names	Black pompfret (Figure 19)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC2FCB8EDE2FF67807F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 1 ex., 16.04.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1764.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC2FCB8EDE2FF67807F.taxon	description	Description: Body deep and compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles of body strongly and equally convex. Mouth terminal with upper jaw unrestricted dorsally and ending below and slightly before anterior margin of eye; both jaws with a single row of small conical teeth; gill openings unrestricted laterally and ventrally. Pelvic fins absent in specimens larger than about 10 cm fork length. Lateral line very weakly arched anteriorly, with junction of straight and curved parts below posterior third of dorsal fin; straight part of lateral line with 8 to 19 weak scutes, forming a slight keel on caudal peduncle; scales small and deciduous, and almost completely covering dorsal and anal fins. Colour uniformly silvery-grey to bluish-brown (yellowish-brown when deciduous scales are missing); fins with dark edges. Young with dark vertical bars and long black jugular pelvic fins.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC2FCB8EDE2FF67807F.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to southern Japan and Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8DFFC2FCB8EDE2FF67807F.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has high commercial value. Size: 55 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEAA4FE27873C.taxon	vernacular_names	Cobia (Figure 23)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEAA4FE27873C.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 4 ex., 26.06.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1849.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEAA4FE27873C.taxon	description	Description: D: VII, 26 - 33; A: II, 22 - 28. Head broad and depressed. First dorsal fin with short but strong isolated spines, not connected by a membrane. Caudal fin lunate in adults, upper lobe longer than lower. Back and sides dark brown, with 2 sharply defined narrow silvery bands.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEAA4FE27873C.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8FFFC3FF7AEAA4FE27873C.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value & gamefish. Size: 200 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79EE31FC67823F.taxon	vernacular_names	Brushtooth lizardfish (Figure 6)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79EE31FC67823F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 1 ex, 18.11.11, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 2343.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79EE31FC67823F.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate and tubular; head and caudal peduncle somewhat depressed. Back and sides brown, belly pale or silvery. Eight to 10 bars often visible along lateral line. Distal parts of dorsal, pectoral and particularly caudal fin dusky. Second dorsal fin ray and upper caudal fin ray with a series of about 8 dark spots; fins otherwise without markings.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79EE31FC67823F.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, southern Philippines, northern Java, Arafura Sea, Louisiade Archipelago, and northern half and southwestern Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79EE31FC67823F.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is minor commercial important. Size: 45 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF80FFCCFC79E96CFA928707.taxon	description	212. Johnius belangerii (Cuvier, 1830) 213. Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) 214. Johnius carouna (Cuvier, 1830) 215. Johnius carutta Bloch, 1793 216. Johnius dussumieri (Cuvier, 1830) 217. Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822) 218. Nibea maculata (Schneider, 1801) 219. Otolithoides pama (Hamilton, 1822) 220. Otolitoides ruber (Bloch, 1801) 221. Panna microdon (Bleeker, 1849) 222. Pennahia anea (Bloch, 1793) 223. Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepéde, 1802) 224. Pterotolithus maculatus (Cuvier, 1830)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FF62E8D0FE0F8404.taxon	vernacular_names	Talang queenfish (Figure 20)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FF62E8D0FE0F8404.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 4 ex.; 18.04.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1773.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FF62E8D0FE0F8404.taxon	description	Description: Body oblong to elliptical, strongly compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles similar, snout blunt with dorsal profile of head and nape slightly convex. posterior soft dorsal- and anal- fin rays consisting of semidetached finlets; bases of anal and second dorsal fins about equal in length. Lateral line only slightly irregular, weakly to moderately convex above pectoral fin, becoming straight posteriorly. No scutes; scales on midbody below lateral line, partially embedded and broadly lanceolate. No caudal peduncle grooves. head and body dusky green to bluish dorsally, grey to silvery below, large individuals often golden, especially ventrally; sides of adults with 5 to 8 large, plumbeous blotches above or touching lateral line, first two may intersect lateral line. Dorsal and anal fins dusky to dark, uniformly pigmented; pectoral fins of adults frequently with a dusky blotch ventrally.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FF62E8D0FE0F8404.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Broadly distributed in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of Indo-West Pacific. It is common in waters around Taiwan, especially in western Taiwan. India Ocean to Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FF62E8D0FE0F8404.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value & gamefish. Size: 120 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FCA1EB84FA1A87A8.taxon	vernacular_names	Bigeye scad (Figure 21)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FCA1EB84FA1A87A8.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 4 ex.; 18.04.11; Mohana, Digha; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1773.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FCA1EB84FA1A87A8.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate and moderately compressed, with lower profile slightly more convex than upper. Eye very large, shorter than snout length and with a well developed adipose eyelid completely covering eye except for a vertical slit centred on pupil. Scales in curved part of lateral line 48 to 56; 0 to 4 scutes in curved part; straight part with 0 to 11 anterior scales and 29 to 42 scutes. Upper third of body and top of head metallic blue or bluish-green; tip of snout dusky orblackish; lower two thirds of body and head silvery or whitish; a narrow, yellowish stripe may be present from edge of opercle to upper part of caudal peduncle. First dorsal fin dusky on margins with rest of fin clear; second dorsal fin dusky over most of fin with dorsal lobe blackish; anal fin clear or slightly dusky along base; caudal fin dusky with tip of upper lobe dark; pectoral fins clear or slightly dusky near base and with a yellowish tint sometimes present; pelvic fins clear.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FCA1EB84FA1A87A8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Circumtropical. Indo-Pacific, Eastern Pacific, Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC2FCA1EB84FA1A87A8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has highly commercial value & gamefish. Reports of ciguatera poisoning. Size: 35 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC3FCA1EFFDFCAB828F.taxon	vernacular_names	Yellowstripe scad (Figure 22)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC3FCA1EFFDFCAB828F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined: 1 ex.; 18.04.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC / ZSI / F 1772.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC3FCA1EFFDFCAB828F.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate, oblong and compressed; dorsal and ventral profiles equally convex. Eye diameter about equal to slightly smaller than snout length, with adipose eyelid moderately developed on posterior half of eye; upper jaw strongly protractile with posterior end of jaw concave above, concave and reduced below. Lateral line anteriorly with a moderate regular arch, with junction of curved and straight parts below second dorsal fin between 10 th to 12 th soft rays; chord of curved part of lateral line longer than straight part of lateral line, straight part of lateral line with 13 to 25 scales followed by 24 to 29 relatively small scutes. Breast completely scaled. Colour metallic blue above, silvery white below, with a broad yellow stripe from upper margin of eye to caudal peduncle; prominent black opercular spot encroaching onto shoulder. Dorsal, arial and caudal fires pale to dusky yellow; pelvic fins white.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC3FCA1EFFDFCAB828F.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to the Philippines, north to Japan, south to the Arafura Sea and Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8EFFC3FCA1EFFDFCAB828F.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 20 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79E9F8FD5D87C4.taxon	vernacular_names	Common hairfin anchovy (Figure 5)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79E9F8FD5D87C4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 20.09.2005; Shankarpur; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1627.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79E9F8FD5D87C4.taxon	description	Description: Body fusiform, strongly compressed; abdomen sharply keeled with 17 to 21 pre-pelvic and 6 or 7 post-pelvic scutes. Back greenish black, flanks silvery dashed with gold. Dorsal and caudal fin margins dusky.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79E9F8FD5D87C4.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: northern and eastern Bay of Bengal coasts, including the Andaman Islands; perhaps southward from the Godavari river. Western Pacific: northern coast of Australia, Arafura Sea, Gulf of Papua, Sarawak, presumably the Philippines and Hong Kong; China from Taiwan north to Yellow Sea and southern part of Sea of Japan.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFF79E9F8FD5D87C4.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is minor commercial. Size: 22 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC6FCB8EDC4FE1480CF.taxon	vernacular_names	Vermiculated spinefoot (Figure 38)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC6FCB8EDC4FE1480CF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3737.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC6FCB8EDC4FE1480CF.taxon	description	Description: D: XIII, 10; A: VII, 9. Body bluish white; head brown to brownish or golden yellow with irregular blue lines. Preopercular angle 91 ° - 102 °; strong overlapping scales cover cheeks; midline of thorax scaled, not pelvic ridges. Anterior nostril with low flange, broadened slightly posteriorly. Spines stout, blunt or pungent, and venomous. Body deep and compressed, its depth contained 1.9 to 2.2 times in standard length. Nape convex, interorbital space concave, snout convex, deep and blunt; a forward-directed spine present in front of dorsal fin, but imbedded in nape; caudal fin emarginated. head and body with a vermiculate pattern. Dark spots also present on soft parts of dorsal and anal fins, arranged in rows, the proximal row prominent; other parts of median fins dusky; pectoral fins hyaline; pelvic fins dusky and golden yellow.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC6FCB8EDC4FE1480CF.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Belau, Guam, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Western Australia, Pohnpei, Caroline Islands, Ebon Island and Marshall Islands.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC6FCB8EDC4FE1480CF.taxon	conservation	IUCN Status (2012): Least Concern (LC).	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF89FFC6FCB8EDC4FE1480CF.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Ornamental & venomous. Size: 45 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8E83AFAEE86E7.taxon	vernacular_names	Elongate sole (Figure 46)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8E83AFAEE86E7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 03.08.10; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1485.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8E83AFAEE86E7.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate and flat. Eyes on right side, small, separated by a scaly space, half the eye diameter; mouth small, curved, cleft reaching to below middle of lower eye. Dorsal and anal fins separated from caudal fin; pectoral fins well developed, symmetrical; pelvic fins short, symmetrical. Colour brownish or greyish, spotted or blotched darker; the markings are more distinct near the edge of the body, and often tend to form irregular vertical bands; a black blotch present on distal part of pectoral fin. Size: 30 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8E83AFAEE86E7.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea and Persian Gulf to the west and east coast of India and Sri Lanka.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFC7FCB8E83AFAEE86E7.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2E930FC0487A8.taxon	vernacular_names	Tuberculated flathead (Figure 13)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2E930FC0487A8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 27.02.1992; Shankarpur; Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 1525.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2E930FC0487A8.taxon	description	Description: Top of head with bony tubercles and bony ridges bearing small spines or serrations; lower opercular spine bearing serrations along base; preocular spines usually 2, sometimes a 3 rd tiny spine is present; preopercular spines usually 4 or more. Body brownish above, pale below, with 3 or 4 dark bands crossing back. Fins more or less dusky.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2E930FC0487A8.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to Indonesia, Philippines and northern Australia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8CFFC0FCA2E930FC0487A8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value. Size: 14 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8EA10FC678048.taxon	vernacular_names	Bluntnose lizardfish (Figure 7)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8EA10FC678048.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex, 10.02.12, Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 2287.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8EA10FC678048.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate and tubular. Mouth very oblique; snout short. A series of longitudinal stripes, alternating blue and yellow cover back and sides; belly pale yellow or gold. A large, dark, oblique spot at upper corner of gill cover. Distal parts of dorsal and caudal fins dusky; other fins pale yellowish.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8EA10FC678048.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate waters with the exception of the eastern Pacific and the northeast Atlantic north of Cape Blanc, Africa.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF83FFCFFCB8EA10FC678048.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish is minor commercial important. Size: 40 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF81FFCDFC90EB84FB5482E3.taxon	description	279. Eupleurogrammus glossodon (Bleeker, 1860) 280. Eupleurogrammus muticus (Gray, 1831) 281. Eupleurogrammus pantuluvi Gupta, 1966 282. Lepturacanthus savala (Cuvier, 1829) 283. Trichiurus gangeticus Gupta, 1966 284. Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFD8FCB8EEAFFCB282AB.taxon	vernacular_names	Alcock’s zebra sole (Figure 47)	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFD8FCB8EEAFFCB282AB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Shankarpur, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3742.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFD8FCB8EEAFFCB282AB.taxon	description	Description: Body elongate and flat. Eyes on right side, their diameter slightly longer than snout, close together, usually with a short tentacle each; mouth small, curved, cleft reaching third of the lower eye. Dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin; pectoral fins well developed, asymmetrical, that on eyed side smaller; pelvic fins short. Scales on both sides ctenoid (rough). Colour light brown with 14 darker unpair cross bands.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFD8FCB8EEAFFCB282AB.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India to Indonesia.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
03B20633FF8BFFD8FCB8EEAFFCB282AB.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The fish has a commercial value. Size: 20 cm.	en	Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil, Tudu, Prasad Chandra (2017): An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1): 4, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
