First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh
The composition and ichthyofaunal diversity of the Bay of Bengal and its adjacent coast have been being explored with time. Australian sawcheek scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina is a newly reported species in Bangladeshi water recorded from the St. Martin Island (coral reef) off the Bay of Beng...
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ftmurdochunivall:oai:alma.61MUN_INST:11135046370007891 2024-09-09T19:51:50+00:00 First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh Hanif, M.A. Siddik, M.A.B. Islam, M.A. Sharker, M.R. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00274-0 https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/First-Record-of-Australian-Sawcheek-Scorpionfish/991005539590707891 eng eng Springer ispartof: Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences doi:10.1007/s41208-020-00274-0 WOS:000605931700002 0212-5919 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00274-0 991005539590707891 https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/First-Record-of-Australian-Sawcheek-Scorpionfish/991005539590707891 alma:61MUN_INST/bibs/991005539590707891 © 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. text Article 2021 ftmurdochunivall https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-020-00274-0 2024-08-15T00:52:51Z The composition and ichthyofaunal diversity of the Bay of Bengal and its adjacent coast have been being explored with time. Australian sawcheek scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina is a newly reported species in Bangladeshi water recorded from the St. Martin Island (coral reef) off the Bay of Bengal coast. The identity of this species was confirmed by comparing it with the published morphological description of a specimen reported from the Australian coast. The presence of posteriorly directed lachrymal spines is the key character of this species. Its preferred food items were observed small fish, shrimp, lobster, crab, and some aquatic insects. The dispersal of this species in this geographical area illustrates a considerable expansion of its distributional range, the previously reported Australian coast which is far off from the present record. Although the actual cause of dispersal is unexplored, climate change and global warming are assumed to stretch out the species distribution range. This discovery of Brachypterois curvispina provides a new non-native species record in the coral reef of Bangladesh and represents the northern-most dispersal in the Indo-Pacific region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Martin Island Murdoch University Research Portal Martin Island ENVELOPE(56.967,56.967,-66.733,-66.733) Pacific |
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The composition and ichthyofaunal diversity of the Bay of Bengal and its adjacent coast have been being explored with time. Australian sawcheek scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina is a newly reported species in Bangladeshi water recorded from the St. Martin Island (coral reef) off the Bay of Bengal coast. The identity of this species was confirmed by comparing it with the published morphological description of a specimen reported from the Australian coast. The presence of posteriorly directed lachrymal spines is the key character of this species. Its preferred food items were observed small fish, shrimp, lobster, crab, and some aquatic insects. The dispersal of this species in this geographical area illustrates a considerable expansion of its distributional range, the previously reported Australian coast which is far off from the present record. Although the actual cause of dispersal is unexplored, climate change and global warming are assumed to stretch out the species distribution range. This discovery of Brachypterois curvispina provides a new non-native species record in the coral reef of Bangladesh and represents the northern-most dispersal in the Indo-Pacific region. |
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Hanif, M.A. Siddik, M.A.B. Islam, M.A. Sharker, M.R. First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh |
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First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh |
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First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh |
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First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh |
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First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh |
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First Record of Australian Sawcheek Scorpionfish, Brachypterois curvispina, (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) From the St. Martin Island, Bangladesh |
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first record of australian sawcheek scorpionfish, brachypterois curvispina, (actinopterygii: scorpaeniformes: scorpaenidae) from the st. martin island, bangladesh |
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