Odonus niger Rüppell, 1836

Mary, S. Nithya, Ravitchandirane, V. & Gunalan, B., 2021, Checklist of order Tetraodontiformes (Actinopterygii) from Puducherry Coasts, Southeast Coast of India with Nine New Records, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (3), pp. 393-404 : 396

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i3/2021/155960

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Odonus niger Rüppell, 1836
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Odonus niger Rüppell, 1836 View in CoL ( Figure 2E View Figure 2 )

Material examined: India: Puducherry, Nallavadu fish landing centre(11°51’32”, 79°48’56” NE 3543), 4 exs,

16.iii.2020, leg. Nithya Mary [ MBRC /ZSI/F- 2283] .

Common Name: Red-toothed triggerfish, Niger trigger, blue trigger, purple trigger, black trigger. Habitat: Marine-Reef Associated. Diet Pattern: Invertebrates/Zooplankton.

Distribution: India: Puducherry, Andaman ( Rao, 2003), Tamil Nadu ( Abdussamad et al., 2009), Kerala ( Kumar & Raghavan, 2015), and Laccadive ( Rao, 1991). Elsewhere: Red Sea south to Durban, South Africa ( Smith & Heemstra, 1986).

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