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Desjardin's Sailfin Tang
Zebrasoma desjardinii (Bennett, 1836)
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description
Observation Site: Rocky reefs of Kovalam (8 ° 23 ′ 34.6 ″ N, 76 ° 58 ′ 24.2 ″ E; 8 ° 23 ′ 34.4 ″ N, 76 ° 58 ′ 21.6 ″ E) at a depth of 1.6 m on 11 th February 2018.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
diagnosis
Diagnosis: Large dorsal fin. White and dark stripes on the head, more pronounced in juveniles. The body exhibits linear vertical yellow lines ending in yellow spots on the belly. Dorsal and anal fins are adorned with yellow spots. The caudal peduncle contains a scalpellike spine.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
discussion
Remarks: The species was previously recorded by Zacharia et al., (2008) from Karnataka coast and Baiju et al., (2016), Baiju et al., (2019).
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
distribution
Distribution: Indian Ocean: East Africa, Red Sea to the Andaman Sea, western Sumatra, and rare occurrences at Christmas Island.
New Distributional Records of 31 Marine Fish Species from Rocky Reefs of Kerala: Insights from Underwater Visual Census on the Southwest Coast of India
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2379874.