New records of fishes from the seas around India-Part VI

Abstract

The present account is the sixth part of the series (Parts I to V appeared in Vols, 6(2): 285-308, 1965 ; 7(1): 108-123, 1965 ; 7(2): 381-400,1965 ; 8(1): 163-180,1966 and 9(1): 1-12,1967 respectively of the same Journal) giving information on the new records of fishes from the seas around India. All the species recorded herein were collected from Minicoy Island in the Laccadive Archipelago. In the previous five parts 99 species belonging to 38 families were recorded and in this paper 11 species not hitherto recorded from the Central Indian Ocean and one new species are briefly described and figured. The distribution given for the different species relates to the previous records.