New record of kobi cuttle fish, Sepia kobiensis Hoyle, 1885 from the Bay of Bengal, off Karaikal coast of south India

Sethi, S N and Rudramurthy, N (2013) New record of kobi cuttle fish, Sepia kobiensis Hoyle, 1885 from the Bay of Bengal, off Karaikal coast of south India. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (215). pp. 19-20.

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    Abstract

    On 16th October 2012, kobi cuttle fish, Sepia kobiensis were caught by trawl gears operated along the Karaikal coast ( lat 100 49' 11.01" N; long: 790 43' 79.52"E) of south India at a depth of around 100-200 m . The specimens were identified as Sepia kobiensis Hoyle, 1885 based on the identification characters as described in Jereb and Roper 2005 (Fig. 1 and 2). This species has not been reported earlier and therefore considered as a new record to the inshore waters of Bay of Bengal along Karaikal coast. It is a demersal cuttlefish inhabiting up to 160 m depth and has been found to occur in Mumbai waters along the west coast of India.The occurrence of the species in the fishery along Mumbai coast is highly seasonal

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: New record; kobi cuttle fish; Sepia kobiensis Hoyle; Bay of Bengal; Karaikal coast; south India
    Subjects: Molluscan Fisheries > Cephalopods
    Divisions: CMFRI-Madras (Chennai)
    Depositing User: Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 29 Jul 2013 08:15
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:55
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9429

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