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Systematic studies onAnabas testudineus (Bl., 1792) andA. oligolepis Blkr., 1855

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Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792) andA. oligolepis Bleeker, 1855 are described, the latter being recorded for the first time from India. Juveniles and adults were collected from the market at Bhimavaram (W. G. District, Andhra Pradesh).A. testudineus can be distinguished fromA. oligolepis by: (a) less deep body; (b) longer pectorals; (c) shorter snout; (d) dark spot at base of caudal fading with age.

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  1. Department of Zoology, D.N.R. College, Bhimavaram

    B. V. Seshagiri Rao

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Communicated by Prof. P. N. Ganapati,f.a.sc.

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Seshagiri Rao, B.V. Systematic studies onAnabas testudineus (Bl., 1792) andA. oligolepis Blkr., 1855. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 67, 207–214 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053903

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