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First Report on Two Labrid Fishes of the Genera Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus from the Bay of Bengal, India

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This study present the first report of two labrid fish species, Cirrhilabrus rubeus Victor 2016 and Paracheilinus mccoskeri Randall and Harmelin-Vivien 1977 for the first time from the Indian coast based on the specimens collected from the Gulf of Mannar waters, Bay of Bengal. Previously, the species Paracheilinus mccoskeri was known from East Africa, Persian Gulf, Comoro Islands, Maldives to the Andaman Sea and Western Indonesia and Cirrhilabrus rubeus was known only from Sri Lanka and the Maldives waters. In addition to the morphological analysis, the identity of both the species was also confirmed with molecular analysis and the genetic analysis divulges that the species P. mccoskeri has a close relationship with P. carpenteri, P. flavianalis and P. rubricaudalis with genetic divergence values of 5.6%, 5.4%, and 5.8% respectively and Cirrhilabrus rubeus exhibit 0% divergence with the type specimens.

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The authors are grateful to the Director, ICAR–National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow, for providing financial support under the Institute project on Exploration in marine islands and encouragement. The authors are also grateful to Dr. Ronald Fricke, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Germany for giving suggestions about the distributional status.

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ICAR – National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226002, India. Grant/Award Number: IXX12641.

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PK performed taxonomic identification, molecular analysis and prepared the original draft; TTA revised the manuscript. KKL comprehensive guidance and support the work. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Kodeeswaran, P., Ajith Kumar, T.T. & Lal, K.K. First Report on Two Labrid Fishes of the Genera Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus from the Bay of Bengal, India. Thalassas 39, 961–970 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-023-00604-y

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