Pseudamia gelationsa Smith, 1956

Das, Mrinal Kumar, Kumar, R. Rajendar & Padmanaban, P., 2021, Short Communication First record of Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1956 (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Gulf of Mannar, Southeast coast of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (2), pp. 307-309 : 308

Pseudamia gelationsa Smith, 1956

1956. Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. , (12) 8: 690, P1. 18, A. (type locality: Aldabra islands , Western Indian Ocean) .

Material examined: MBRC /ZSI/F 2100, 1 ex., 71.33 mm SL, Mandapam fish landing centre, Gulf of Mannar , Tamil Nadu, 23/ix/2019, coll. Mrinal Kumar Das.

Diagnostic characters: Body elongated the body depth

4.42 times in SL; anterior nostril with a darkly pigmented membranous flap on hind edge which reaches one-half or more the distance to posterior nostril; caudal fin length

3.27 times in SL. Maxillary reaching to below hind border of eye. Mouth superior; two series of teeth in jaws; a long inwardly directed canine on each side near symphysis on upper jaw and a pair of recurved canines on either side on lower jaw, the anterior one being a little shorter than the other. Operculum and nape scaled. First dorsal fin spines VI and second dorsal fin with I spine and soft rays 8; first dorsal spine shorter than second spine. Both second dorsal and anal fins higher than first dorsal fin. Anal fin with II spines and 8 soft rays. Pectoral fin with 15 soft rays. Scales in longitudinal series 41; gill rakers 3 + 11, the developed rakers 1+7.

Colour: Body translucent, the sides and ventral part of head and body with light golden to silvery iridescent sheen. Head, light brown with numerous small dark brown spots of variable size, those on operculum as large as or larger than spots on body; flap on anterior nostril darkly pigmented; First dorsal fin slightly dusky, second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins dusky to blackish. Peritoneum dusky with numerous black dots ( Figure 1 ).

Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New South Wales ( Australia) ( Froese & Pauly, 2019). Along the Indian coast, it has been reported from Lakshadweep ( Jones & Kumaran, 1964). The present report forms its first record from the Gulf of Mannar along the east coast of India.

Figures

Figure 1. Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1956 (MBRC/ ZSI/F 2100; 71.33 mm SL).