Resurrection and Re-description of (Cuvier), Silver Pomfret from the Northern Indian Ocean.

Pomfrets (Genus ) are commercially important fish in the Indo-Pacific region. The systematics of this genus is complicated because of morphological similarities between species. The silver pomfret from Indian waters has long been considered to be .

The Development and Characterization of a Cell Culture System from Indian Mud Crabs Scylla serrata.

Commercially available culture media and supplements were tested for their potential to produce primary cell cultures from tissues of Indian mud crabs Scylla serrata. Eight commercially available culture media from Sigma-Aldrich (Leibovitz's L-15, Medium 199, Grace's Insect Medium, Minimal Essential Medium, Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium, TC-100 Insect Medium, IPL-41 Insect Medium, and Roswell Park Memorial Institute) were examined. Three different supplements (amino acid and sugar [AS], crab muscle extract [CME], and natural seawater [NSW]) were also examined.

Emergence of carp edema virus in cultured ornamental koi carp, Cyprinus carpio koi, in India.

A disease outbreak was reported in adult koi, Cyprinus carpio koi, from a fish farm in Kerala, India, during June 2015. The clinical signs were observed only in recently introduced adult koi, and an existing population of fish did not show any clinical signs or mortality. Microscopic examination of wet mounts from the gills of affected koi revealed minor infestation of Dactylogyrus sp.

DNA barcoding reveals species composition of sharks and rays in the Indian commercial fishery.

DNA barcoding was successfully used for the accurate identification of chondrichthyans in the Indian commercial marine fishery. About 528 specimens of 111 chondrichthyan species and 34 families, collected from the Indian EEZ, were barcoded for a 655 bp region of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI). Generally, five specimens per species were barcoded, but numbers ranged from 2 to 13.

Molecular identification of Bigeyes (Perciformes, Priacanthidae) from Indian waters.

Thirty-five individuals of six priacanthid fish species were sampled from different localities along the coast of India covering the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. The partial sequence of 16S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) genes were analyzed for species identification and phylogenetic relationship among the Indian priacanthids (Priacanthus hamrur, P. prolixus, P.

Rebuttal to Koeda et al. (2014) on the Red Sea fishes of the perciform genus Pempheris.

Koeda et al. (2014) published a review of fishes of the genus Pempheris of the Red Sea. They concluded that there are four species: P.

Plectranthias alcocki, a new anthiine fish species (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Arabian Sea, off southwest India.

A new species of anthiine fish, Plectranthias alcocki n. sp. is described and illustrated based on two specimens, (63.