First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar

Raju, A and Venkatesan, V and Varghese, Molly and Ramamoorthy, N and Gandhi, A (2008) First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (196). p. 18.

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    Abstract

    On 20th July 2007, one single specimen of roundel skate was accidentally caught by fish trawl net operated off Gulf of Mannar at a depth of 70m and landed at Pamban-Therkuvadi. The specimen was identified as Raja texana, Chandler, 1921, belonging to the family Rajidae. The fish was a female measuring 360mm in length and weighing 760 g. It is for the first time this species was recorded from the Gulf of Mannar Sea.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: skate; Gulf of Mannar
    Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record
    Demersal Fishes > Ray fisheries
    Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
    Depositing User: Dr. V Mohan
    Date Deposited: 03 Sep 2010 12:00
    Last Modified: 06 Dec 2022 08:47
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3619

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