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Checklist of Sand Perches (Pinguipedidae) in Indian Waters with a New Record of Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860) from Lakshadweep, India

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The genus Parapercis Bleeker (1863) is widely reported, with three recent new records from Indian waters. During the biodiversity assessment surveys, Black dotted sand perch, Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860), is collected from the outer reef slope of Kavaratti Island, Lakshadweep, India. The present record forms the report from the west coast of India, with voucher specimen and abridges the gap in the continuous distribution of P. millepunctata, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the east through the east coast of India and the Maldives to Mauritius in the West, in the Indian Ocean, by providing an intermediary occurrence in Lakshadweep. An annotated checklist of fourteen species reported from Indian waters is provided, with a detailed account of the distribution and comments on earlier reports.

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Authors gratefully acknowledge the Department of Science and Technology, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, for providing the necessary permission to carry out the work.

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SS acknowledge the funding from the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India DST-SERB- CRG/ 2020/004498.

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Sureshkumar, S., Idreesbabu, K.K. Checklist of Sand Perches (Pinguipedidae) in Indian Waters with a New Record of Parapercis millepunctata (Günther 1860) from Lakshadweep, India. Thalassas 39, 577–585 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00562-5

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