Volume 26, Issue 77, January - June, 2025

Report of the Titan Cardinal fish Holapogon maximus (Boulenger, 1888) from Chennai coast of India, Bay of Bengal

Sweta Beura^♦, Bineesh KK

Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai-28, India

^♦Corresponding Author
Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai-28, India

ABSTRACT

This article deals with the report of the Titan cardinal fish (Holapogon maximus) from a new locality (Chennai, South-East coast of India, Bay of Bengal). A total of four specimens were collected from the Kasimedu fish landing centre, located on the northern southeastern coast of India from the trawl bycatch in September 2023. The morphometric and meristic characteristics of the specimens are described and discussed, along with the otolith shape and structure. This finding represents the third record of this species from the east coast of India and the fourth record from Indian waters.

Keywords: Cardinal fish, bycatch, new report, distribution, Chennai

Species, 2025, 26(77), e9s1777

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v26i77.e9s1777

Published: 29 January 2025