Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837)

Roy, Sanmitra, Mohanty, Swarup Ranjan, Mohapatra, Anil & Mishra, S. S., 2019, First record of two Gobioid fishes, Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775), from Odisha Coast, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3), pp. 295-298 : 296

1. Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837)

(Filamentous shrimp goby) ( Figure 1 )

1837. Gobius filifer Valenciennes , in Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. pois., 12: 106 (Type locality: Indian seas).

2012. Myersina filifer : Allen and Erdmann, Reef fishes of the East Indies, 3: 880.

Materials examined: EBRC /ZSI F 9468, 01 ex., 78 mm SL., Aryapalli Fish Landing Center (19°18’38.91”N, 84°58’20.68”E), Ganjam district, Odisha, Anil Mohapatra and party; 5th January , 2018 .

tapered, brown bars; head marked with pale spots; a paleedged black spot at base of first dorsal fin between first and third spine; orange-brown spots on soft dorsal and upper part of caudal fin; anal fin and lower lobe of caudal fin with blue streaks.

Distribution: Generally the species is found in sandy bottoms of coral reefs of Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf and Reunion to Indonesia and the Philippines, north to southern Japan ( Winterbottom, 2002). Myersina filifer was recently reported from India from West Bengal coast ( Ray et al., 2018) as Cryptocentrus filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) and the present report forms its first record from Odisha coast and second record from India.

Figures

Figure 1. Myersina filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) 101 mm TL, EBRC/ZSI F 9468.