A first sighting report of six fishes from the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, South Andaman, India
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From the fish and fisheries point of view, the Andaman and Nicobar islands are the most interesting and fascinating owing to a diversity of ichthyofauna occurring in the varied marine habitats, such as mangroves, creeks, rocky beaches, extensive sandy beaches, muddy shores, coral reefs, etc. During a recent underwater survey around different islands inside the Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park (MGMNP), Wandoor, South Andaman six new records of marine fishes belonging to the families Apogonidae, Labridae and Scaridae, were reported as a new record from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This paper deals with the morphological features, habitats and distribution of these fishes from this Marine National Park.
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