Two species of brachyuran crabs from two families, Eucrate indica Castro & Ng, 2010 belonging to the family Euryplacidae and another one is Liagore rubromaculata (De Haan, 1983) belonging to the family Xanthidae are reported for the first time from the Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh. The crabs were collected from the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour in the trawl bycatch during the reef and reef-associated faunal survey along Andhra coast. The morphological features, taxonomical systematic, colour and distribution of these crabs are discussed herein.
Acanthocepola limbata (Valenciennes, 1835) is reported for the first time from Northern Bay of Bengalon the basis of specimens collected from Petuaghat fish landing, West Bengal coast and this species reported from Karnataka, Maharastra, Kerala, west coast of India and Gulf of Mannar, east coast of India. In this manuscript, details on the morphological characters have been provided and discussed with all the reported species in the genus found in India.
Plaintail turkeyfish, Pterois russelii Bennett, 1831 had been reported from coastal parts of West Bengal, but there is no record of this species from Sunderban Biosphere Reserve or any part of Indian mangrove ecosystems. The current communication adds P. russelii, as a new record to the ichthyofaunal diversity of the Indian Mangroves, as well as Sunderban Biosphere Reserve. The specimen was collected from the Canning fish landing area during a local survey focused on the study of mangrove-associated fishes of Sunderban. Canning is located in the Transitional zone of Sunderban Biosphere Reserve. This is the first record of P. russelii from any Indian Mangrove area.
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