Varghese, Molly and Kasinathan, C and Seeni, M (2006) First record of the grouper, Epinephelus flavocaeruleus from Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 190. pp. 24-25.
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Abstract
A single specimen of the reef-associated grouper, Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Fig.1) was landed at Keelakarai on 19-09-2006. It was caught in a trap kept at a depth of 8m near Appa island in Gulf of Mannar. The species belonging to the family Serranidae, named as Blue and Yellow grouper and locally known as Manjel Kaleva in Tamil. Epinephelus flavocaeruleus was reported to grow upto a length of 90 cm and attain a weight of 15 kg. It is believed to feed on a variety of fishes, crabs, shrimps, spiny lobsters, squids and small octopus
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Epinephelus flavocaeruleus; Gulf of Mannar |
| Subjects: | Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Marine Fisheries > Fish landing Demersal Fishes > Groupers |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Mandapam |
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| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2010 07:50 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 08:50 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3846 |
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