Taxonomy of the Ocean triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata (Tetradontiformes, Balistidae) from the Indian coast

Sahayak, Satish and Joshi, K K and Murty, V Sriramachandra (2014) Taxonomy of the Ocean triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata (Tetradontiformes, Balistidae) from the Indian coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56 (2). pp. 56-61.

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Abstract

The collection and analysis of fishes of the genus Canthidermis done during 2000-2002. The results revealed high intraspecific colour variation among the samples collected from different localities. Canthidermis maculata from Indian seas is redescribed with new characters and examined the status of synonyms of the species. The regression analysis using data of various morphometric measurements on standard lengths revealed a low relationship and significant, suggesting that C. maculata showed high degree of variability in morphological characters. The examination reveals that C. willughbeii (Lay and Bennett, 1839), C. rotundatus (Proce, 1822), C. villosus Fedoryako, 1981 are junior synonym of C. maculata (Bloch, 1786).

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Triggerfishes; Canthidermis maculata; colour variation; Synonym; India
Subjects:	Molluscan Fisheries > Cephalopods
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	02 Mar 2015 06:44
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2015 16:00
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10313

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