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Goby Fish in Andhra Pradesh
February 12 , 2025
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- The Researchers discovered two species of goby fish – Hemigobius hoevenii and Mugilogobius tigrinus at the Coringa wildlife sanctuary near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
- They had not been recorded in Andhra Pradesh previously.
- This discovery is significant as M. tigrinus has been found along the eastern coastline of India for the first time.
- Both species belong to a group of fish commonly known as "gobies."
- Most gobies found in estuarine areas, especially around mangroves.
- Since 1988, extensive studies along the Andhra coast have recorded 615 finfish species, spanning 352 genera and 140 families.
- However, goby fish have not been studied as extensively.
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