Vol. 76 (3) 2024

ARTICLES

New Record of Indian Whiting Sillago indica (McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985) (Actinopterygii: Sillaginidae) from the Iranian coast of the Oman Sea

Seyedeh Narges Mirhadi1, Mohammad Sadegh Alavi-Yeganeh1*, Hashem Khandan Barani2 & Manoochehr Nasri3

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1*Department of Marine Biology, Tarbiat Modares University, Nur, Iran; malavi@modares.ac.ir
2Department of Aquatic Sciences, Hamoun International Wetland Institute, Research Institute of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
3Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, Lorestan University, Khoramabbad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.3.002786

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Abstract
The present study reports the first record of Sillago indica from the Iranian coast of the Oman Sea. Sixteen specimens were collected with beach seine during sampling in Chabahar Bay. The obtained detailed information on the morphometric and meristic characters is compared with previous records of S. indica. Morphological characters matched the previous description of this species. Molecular confirmation of the species identification was carried out using the partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI). Genetic results revealed a 0.181–0.231 K2P distance with other sillaginid species. The identified haplotypes were identical with conspecific haplotypes in GenBank.

Key words
Sillaginidae, New record, Chabahar Bay, COI

How to Cite
Mirhadi S.N., Alavi-Yeganeh M.S., Barani H.K. & Nasri M.  2024. New Record of Indian Whiting Sillago indica (McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985) (Actinopterygii: Sillaginidae) from the Iranian coast of the Oman Sea. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76 (3) 309-314.

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