Description of a new species of clupeid fish, Amblygaster indiana (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae), off Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4247 (4) ◽  
pp. 461
Author(s):  
ANTHONIPILLAI AROCKIA MARY ◽  
THNGAVELU BALASUBRAMANIAN ◽  
SHANKER SELVARAJU ◽  
ANTHONIPILLAI SHINY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Deep Body

A new species, Amblygaster indiana sp. nov., is described from 12 specimens collected from fish landing centers and fish markets at Eraviputhenthurai, west coast of India. The new species can be differentiated from all other species of Amblygaster by its larger size and very deep body, 8 circular-shaped pre-pelvic scutes, different gill rakers counts, large eyes, 40 lateral scales, and peculiar gap between the left and right frontoparietal striae on the top of the head. The new species has been seasonally captured with A. sirm in Eraviputhenthurai and also other coastal waters of the south west coast of India. The proportions of A. indiana sp. nov. and A. sirm in fish catches are approximately 1 to 20. Gillnets and shore seines are used to catch Amblygaster spp. along the Eraviputhenthurai coast and along the coastal zones of south west coasts of India. 

scholarly journals III.—Note on a New Species of Æpyornis(Æ Titan)

1894 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.W. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Articular Surface ◽  
British Museum ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
The Right ◽  
A New Species

In a collection of vertebrate remains from the south-west coast of Madagascar, recently received in the British Museum, there occur numerous bones belonging to, at least, three species of Æpyornis. Among them are two tibio-tarsi, right and left, of gigantic size, much larger than any hitherto described. Both these bones are, unfortunately, considerably damaged at the upper end, the right one alone showing any portion of the proximal articular surface. They both, without doubt, belong to the same species, though probably not to the same individual. The left, which on the whole, is the better preserved, may be taken as the type of the species which it is proposed to call Æpyornis titan.

scholarly journals A new species of Dibamus (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Pulau Simeuleu, Mentawai Archipelago, Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2088 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
INDRANEIL DAS ◽  
KELVIN K. P. LIM
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
West Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
Body Width ◽  
Long Tail ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Dibamus from Pulau Simeuleu, off the south-west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, is described based on material collected by Edward Jacobson and previously assigned to D. novaeguineae by de Rooij (1922). Dibamus tebal sp. nov. differs from all congeners in showing the following combination of characters: SVL 133.5 mm, body relatively robust, body width 4.9% SVL, postoculars two, midbody scale rows 24, scales around neck 24, scales around vent 15, ventrals 186, subcaudals 42, frontonasal entire, rostral suture incomplete, labial and nasal sutures complete, two pairs of preanal pores, nuchal collar or body band absent, presacral vertebrae 119, postsacral vertebrae 26, and a relatively long tail (18.6% SVL).

A new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from a sandy beach of Kerala, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1616 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. PRIYALAKSHMI ◽  
N. R. MENON ◽  
M. ANTONIO TODARO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Sandy Beach ◽  
Total Body Length ◽  
South West ◽  
South West Coast ◽  
Total Body ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Faunal Survey

During an interstitial faunal survey along the south-west coast of Kerala, India, gastrotrich fauna were found in abundance. Together with species of the genera Xenotrichula, Halichaetonotus and Tetranchyroderma, were present several undescribed thaumastodermatid gastrotrichs belonging to the buccal palp bearing genus Pseudostomella. Adults of the new species are characterized by the following traits: total body length of about 300 μ m; cuticular armature made up of medium sized pentancres covering the entire dorsolateral surface; pre-buccal, grasping palps bearing five, large papillae dorsally and 4-6 smaller papillae ventrally; adhesive apparatus made up of six anterior, 22-24 ventrolateral, two dorsolateral and six posterior adhesive tubes; caudal organ pear-shaped; frontal organ spherical. Pseudostomella cheraensis sp. nov. is the fourth taxon of the genus known from India; however, all the previous species reported hitherto from India have tetrancres instead of pentancres.

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