This document reports on 9 new ornamental fish species found along the coast of Odisha, India. Details are provided on the morphological characteristics and distributions of each species. Samples were collected from 3 locations along the coast and preserved. Descriptions of each species include total length, body type, coloration, and known distributions. The discovery of these 9 new species increases the number of recorded coastal fish species in Odisha to 656.

1. PRESENTED BY:-
JYOTI PRAKASH PRADHAN
15th August, 2021

2. ADD A FOOTER 2
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES
• MATERIALS AND METHODS
• RESULTS
• DISCUSSION
• REFERENCES

3. ADD A FOOTER 3
Marine fishes are more attractive due to their vibrant colour patterns
and unique shapes for which these can be well utilised as ornamental
fishes.
According to global marine aquarium data, the trading of marine
ornamental fishes around the globe is about 1471 species and in
Indian water about 400 species belonging to 175 genera and 50
families of ornamental fishes are reported.
Coastal water of Odisha harbours about 605 fish species belonging to
138 families and 27 order.

4. ADD A FOOTER 4
• The current study reports nine ornamental fish species,
which are new to Odisha coast.
• Also provides the detailed information on morphometric
measurements, species characteristic features,
distribution and photograph of reported ornamental fishes
for the first time from this region.

5. ADD A FOOTER 5
Fish specimens were sampled from Gopalpur fish landing centre
(19°15’47.56’’ N, 84°54’59.26’’ E), Paradeep fishing harbour (20°17’25.90’’
N, 86°42’26.73’’E) and from Kasafala (21°30’43.7’’ N, 87°07’37.1’’ E),
Panchupada river estuary, Odisha, India at Bay of Bengal sea.
Authors collected the specimens from fishermen of Gopalpur beach,
Paradeep fishing harbour and Kasafala , normally from the trawl net
fisheries.
After collection, the fish specimens were photographed and preserved in
formalin.

6. ADD A FOOTER 6
 Description of all nine species based on the specimens collection, which has been
presented with comments on distribution. These are :-
1. Gymnothorax pseudotile (Mohapatra et al., 2017)
2. Antennarius indicus (Schultz, 1964)
3. Ostichthys acanthorhinus (Randall, Shimizu and Yamakawa, 1982)
4. Lutjanus lunulatus (Park, 1797)
5. Pomadasys furcatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
6. Parasclopsis aspinosa (Rao and Rao, 1981)
7. Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
8. Chaetodon decussatus (Cuvier, 1829)
9. Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830)

7. ADD A FOOTER 7
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as Bengal low fin moray.
 Total body length is 460 mm.
 Body robust, slender, laterally compressed on
posterior part.
 Teeth sharp, pointed but not elongated.
 Lower jaw slightly shorter than upper jaw.
 Dorsally dark brown and ventral side whitish
with small brown spot.
• Distribution :
 Mainly found in coastal area of West Bengal.
 Present report forms its new record in estuarine
areas of Kasafala, at northern part of Odisha.

8. ADD A FOOTER 8
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as Indian frog fish.
 Total length is 125 mm.
 Body short, globose, slightly compressed.
 Mouth large, oblique with numerous small villiform teeth.
 Body is yellowish brown in colour and all fins with deep
brown rows spot.
• Distribution :
 Originally distributed from Andhra Pradesh.
 Present records forms its first occurrence from Odisha
coast.

9. ADD A FOOTER 9
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as spine snout soldier fish.
 Total length is 80-90 mm.
 Body covered by strong ctenoid scales
 Head with large eye.
 Fresh specimen is reddish in colour but faded to silver
white after preservation.
• Distribution :
 First recorded from Kerala and recently reported from
West Bengal.
 Now it is established its first record from Paradeep,
Odisha.

10. ADD A FOOTER 10
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as lunar tail snapper.
 Total length is 243 mm.
 Body oblong and moderately compressed.
 Mouth terminal and fairly large.
 Caudal fin with a black crescent marking
 Body and fins are yellowish with silvery on lower sides.
• Distribution :
 It is recorded from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Andaman
islands and distributed throughout the coast of India.
 Present records from its first occurrence in Gopalpur, Odisha.

11. ADD A FOOTER 11
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as Banded grunter.
 Total length is 202 mm.
 Body is oblong and compressed.
 Mouth small or moderate and teeth are villiform in bands.
 Silvery white body with six dark longitudinal parallel bands.
 Pectoral fins are dusky in colour.
• Distribution :
 This species has been reported only in Andhra Pradesh
coast.
 Present report forms its new record in Gopalpur, Odisha.

12. ADD A FOOTER 12
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as Smooth dwarf monocle bream.
 Total length is 130-135 mm.
 Head length is little longer than the body depth.
 Snout short and pointed.
 Body is light rosy-reddish with silvery yellow ventrally.
 Dorsal fin with orange edge and black blotch in basal half of fin
between 8th dorsal spine and first soft ray.
• Distribution :
 It has been reported from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West
Bengal.
 Present report of this species from Paradeep, Odisha.

13. ADD A FOOTER 13
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as semicircle angelfish.
 Total length is 284 mm.
 Body laterally compressed and deep, ovate in shape.
 Ventral fin reaching to anus
 Caudal fin rounded.
 Scales are ctenoid.
 Body is pale brownish-green in colour with blue spots on scale and
lips yellowish.
• Distribution :
 It has been reported from Lakshadweep, Andaman islands, Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat.
 Present report is established its first record from Paradeep, Odisha.

14. ADD A FOOTER 14
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as Indian vagabond butterfly fish.
 Total length 125 mm.
 Body roughly oval in shape, strongly compressed.
 Depth of head less than body depth.
 Body covered by soft ctenoid scale.
 Body cream colour with dark thin stripes.
• Distribution :
 The species is reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
 Roy et al. earlier provided an underwater picture of C. decussatus
from Gopalpur coast (Odisha).

15. ADD A FOOTER 15
• Characters :
 It is commonly called as yellowtail clown fish.
 Total length is 89.61 mm.
 Body oval, elongated and compressed.
 Head profile steep.
 Mouth small, terminal and protractile.
 Black body with three white bands.
 Caudal, pectoral and ventral fin yellowish in colour but dorsal and anal fin blackish.
• Distribution :
 This species is reported from Lakshadweep, Andaman islands and from Gulf of
Mannar, Tamil Nadu.
 The current study confirms its occurrence in Kasafala, Panchupada river in
Balasore, Odisha.

16. ADD A FOOTER 16
 Barman et al. enlisted 605 fish species under 138 families and 27 orders from
marine and estuarine waters of Odisha.
 During last one decade 24 publications have added 42 new species to Odisha
coast.
 All 9 species reported here is hitherto not reported from Odisha coast but forms
the first record.
 The report of these new records takes the coastal fishes of Odisha to higher
number, i.e. 656.

17. ADD A FOOTER 17

18. ADD A FOOTER 18
• Behera D P & Nayak L, A check list on distribution of ornamental fishes in Chilika lagoon, east
coast of India, Journal of Fisheries Sciences.com, 8 (1) (2014) 52–60.
• Barman R P, Mishra S S, Kar S, Mukharjee P & Saren S C, Marine and estuarine fish fauna of
Orissa, Rec Zool Surv India, Occ Pap, 260 (2007) 1–186.
• Mohapatra A, Smith D G, Ray D, Mishra S S & Mohanty S R. Gymnothorax pseudotile sp. nov.
(Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from Bay of Bengal India, Zootaxa, 4286 (4) (2017) 586-592.
• Chakraborty P, Saren S C, Sengupta A & Mishra S S, Notes on the record of Gymnothorax
pseudotile Mohapatra et al., 2017 (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from the Sundarbans, West Bengal,
India, Rec Zool Surv India, 118 (3) (2018) 318–321.
• Froese R & Pauly D, FishBase, World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org version
(2019).
• Joshi K K, Sreeram M P, Zacharia P U, Abdussamad E M, Varghese M, et al., Check list of fishes
of the Gulf of Mannar ecosystem, Tamil Nadu, India, J Mar Biol Assoc India, 58 (1) (2016) 34-54.

19. ADD A FOOTER 19