Kannan, K and Ranjith, L and Suresh Kumar, K and Sathakathullah, S M and John James, K and Paul Pandian, A L and Madan, M S (2013) First occurrence of yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). p. 11.
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Abstract
On 8th July, 2013 a single specimen of Ostracion cubicus (Fig.1) measuring total length 176 mm with a weight of 200 g was collected from a commercial trawler, operated at a depth 20 m, 25 km north-west off Tuticorin, southeast coast of India. Methods for measurements and counts followed Matsuura and Yamakawa (1982).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | First occurrence; yellow boxfish; Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus; Gulf of Mannar |
| Subjects: | Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Fish and Fisheries > Fish Taxonomy |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Tuticorin |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2013 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 07:01 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9612 |
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