Raju, A and Venkatesan, V and Varghese, Molly and Ramamoorthy, N and Gandhi, A (2008) On the 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 |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | skate; Gulf of Mannar |
| Subjects: | Demersal Fishes > Ray fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Cochin > Marine Capture |
| ID Code: | 3619 |
| Deposited By: | Dr. V Mohan |
| Deposited On: | 03 Sep 2010 17:30 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Aug 2011 12:41 |
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