Marine and Estuarine Fish Fauna of Orissa

Contents: Introduction. Systematic list of the fishes of Orissa coast. Systematic account. 1. Class Chondrichthyes. 2. Key to orders. 3. Order Orectolobiformes. 4. Family Hemiscyllidae. 5. Family Stegostomatidae. 6. Order Carchariniformes. 7. Family Himigaleidae. 8. Family Carcharhinidae. 9. Family Sphyrnidae. 10. Order pristiformes. 11. Family pristidae. 12. Order Torpediniformes. 13. Family torpedinidae. 14. Family Narcinidae. 15. Order Rajiformes. 16. Family Rhinobatidae. 17. Family Dasyatidae. 18. Family Gymnuridae. 19. Family Myliobatidae. 20. Family Mobulidae. 21. Class Osteichthyes. 22. Key to the orders. 23. Order Elopiformes. 24. Family Elopidae. 25. Family Megalopidae. 26. Order Anguilliformes...... Summary. Acknowledgements. References. Table I. Fishes originally described as new to science from Orissa coast.