Studies on the leptocephali of Bombay waters II. The Metamorphosing stages of Murrenesox talabon (Cantor)

Nair, R V and Mohamed, K H (1960) Studies on the leptocephali of Bombay waters II. The Metamorphosing stages of Murrenesox talabon (Cantor). Proceedings of the Indhn Academy of Sciences, 52 (5). pp. 169-181.

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Abstract

The leptocephalus of Muranesox talaborl generally occurs in the 'dol' net catches along with that of Muranesox talabonoides and the collection contains several specimens and 2 elvers (vide Introduction, Nair and Mohamed, 1960 a). Some of the larva: showed the full set of larval teeth while in the others they have fallen off indicating the commencement of metamorphosis. A few leptocephali showing intermediate stages of metamorphosis and the elvers present in the collection made it possible to get a more or less connected series of stages in the transformation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: leptocephali; Bombay waters; Metamorphosing stages; Murrenesox talabon
Subjects: Demersal Fisheries
Divisions: CMFRI-Mandapam
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 04 Nov 2010 10:07
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:36
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/6029

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