Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker, 1852

Ray, Dipanjan, Mishra, Subhrendu S., Mohapatra, Anil & Ghorai, Narayan, 2021, Notes on Carangids (Carangiformes: Carangidae) from West Bengal Coast with new records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4), pp. 511-520 : 513-514

Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker, 1852 : Imposter trevally ( Figure 2 )

1852. Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genoot. Kunst. Wet. , 24: 91 (type locality: Sibogha , western Sumatra, Indonesia) .

Diagnosis: D VIII + I, 22; A II, I+18; P 19; GR 29

(including rudiments); LL scutes 27. Body depth about

1.5 in SL; HL 3.4 in SL; eye diameter 3.4 in HL; dorsal profile of head elevated to nape, adipose eyelid feebly developed; both jaws with a band of minute teeth; rough, triangular patch of teeth present on vomer. Breast from anterior part of pectoral fin (including pectoral fin base) to behind the pelvic fin without scales, naked area extends to above pectoral fin base. Dorsal part of body silvery blue and ventral part silvery white; upper margin of opercle with a small black spot; 2nd dorsal and anal fin dusky; caudal fin yellowish with dark margin.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, through Sri Lanka eastward to Gulf of Thailand, Sumatra, the Phillipines, east to Guam, New Guinea, north to Japan and south to Australia ( Froese & Pauly, 2020). From Indian coast this species was reported from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala ( Joshi et al., 2011), Karnataka ( Barman et al., 2013), Maharashtra ( Barman et al., 2012) and Gujarat ( Barman et al., 2000), Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Rajan & Mishra, 2020).

Remarks: The present record forms the first report of C. talamparoides from West Bengal coast. This species closely resembles Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) in having naked breast from behind pelvic fin to pectoral fin base and a naked area above pectoral base and is also occur in this region. However, C. malabaricus differs in having lesser body depth (43–55% of SL vs 55–77% SL in C. talamparoides ) and more gill rakers on first arch (33–37 vs 27–30) ( Joshi et al., 2011).

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Figure 2. Carangoides talamparoides Bleeker, 1852.