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

Abstract

The present account forms the third part of the series (Parts I and I1 appeared in 6(2), 1964 and 7(1), 1965 respectively of the same Journal) giving information on the new records of fishes from the seas around India, and is based on the material collected from the Laccadive Archipelago. For localities of collection reference is invited to Fig. 28 in Part I. In the first two parts 45 species belonging to 18 families were recorded and in this paper 21 species of fishes not hitherto recorded from the Central Indian Ocean belonging to 7 families are briefly described and figured.