Abstract
The present study discusses the distribution and systematic position of puffer fishes from coastal waters of Parangipettai along the southeast coast of India. The puffer fishes collected from three different stations (Mudasal odai, Annankoil and Samiyarpettai) included nine different species from five different genera: Lagocephalus, Arothron, Torquigener, Chelonodon and Takifugu in the order Tetraodontiformes and family Tetraodontidae, viz., Lagocephalus lunaris, Lagocephalus inermis, Arothron reticularis, Arothron hispidus, Arothron stellatus, Arothron immaculatus, Torquigener brevipinnis, Chelonodon patoca and Takifugu oblongus. This study also summarized the distribution and taxonomic positions in terms of species availability and key characters.References
Anonymous (1798) Review of Tome I of “Histoire Naturelle des Poissons” by Lacepède Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, Columns, 673–680.
Bloch, M.E & Schneider, J.G. (1801) Systema Ichthyologia, 60, 584.
Bloch, M.E. (1785–95) Naturgeschichte der auslandischen fish, Berlin, 9 parts in 2, and altles (3 vols).
Chew, S.K., Goh, C.H., Wang, K.W., Mah, P.K. & Tan, B.Y. (1983) Puffer fish (Tetrodotoxin) poisoning: clinical report and role of anti-cholinesterase drugs in therapy. Singapore Medical Journal, 24, 168–71.
CMFRI (2010) Annual Report (2009–2010). Cochi, pp-169.
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (2007) “Family Tetraodontidae Puffer. FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=448.Retrieved-02-10.
Hamilton, B. (1822) An Account of Fishes fount in the river Ganges and its branches, Edinburgh: Archibad constable and company. pp- 405.
Matsuura, K & Tyler, James C. (1998) Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press, 230–231.
Khora, S.S. & Yasumoto, T. (1993) Toxicity of southern puffers, in: Nutrient and bioactive substances in aquatic organism, edited by Devadasan, K., Mukundan, P.D., Antony, P.G., Nair, V., Penigreen, P.A and Joseph, J., (Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), Poico Printing Press, Cochin, India) 163–170.
Keiichi, Matsura & Tyler, James C. (1998) Paxton, J.R. & Eschmeyer, W.N. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 230–231.
Kuthalingam, M.D.K., Luther, G. & Joel, J.J. (1973) On some growth stages and food of Arothron stellatus (Bloch) (Tetraodontidae: Pisces). India Journal of Fishery, 20 (1 & 2), 240–243.
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Vol I. Regnum anila, Holmiae.
Mills, A.R. & Passmore, R. (1988) Pelagic paralysis. Lancet, (1), 161–164.
Mohsin, A.K.M & Ambak, M.N. (1996) Marine fishes and fisheries of Malaysia and neighbouring countries. University Pertanian Malaysia Press, Serdang; pp-743.
Oliveira, J.S., Fernandes, R.S.C., Schwartz, C.A. Jr., Bloch, C., Melo Jr., J.A.T., Pires, O.R. & Freitas, J.C. (2006) Toxicity and toxin identification in Colomesus asellus, an Amazonian (Brazil) fresh water puffer fish. Toxicon, 48, 55–63.
Ramaiyan, V. & Senthikumar, R. (1998) A systematic monograph on the fishes of the order tetraodontiformes occurs along Parangipettai and adjacent waters. Annamalai Univeristy, pp, 58.
Regan, C.T. (1903) On the classification of the fishes of the suborder Plectognathi; with notes and description of new species from specimens in the British museum collection. Proceedings of Zoological Society of London, 1902 (2), 284–303.
Sabrah, M.M., El-Ganainy, A.A. & Zaky, M.A. (2006) Biology and toxicity of the puffer fish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from the Gulf of Suez. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, 32, 283–297.
Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. (1850) Pisces. In: Fauna Japonica, P. F. de Siebold. Leiden. Last part: Lugduni Batavarum, pp. 270–324.
Venkataraman, K. & Wafar, M. (2005) Coastal and Marine Biodiversity of India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 34(1), 57–75.