New fish varieties described The Hindu dated 13th June 2014

CMFRI, Library (2014) New fish varieties described The Hindu dated 13th June 2014. The Hindu.

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Abstract

Researchers from Kochi have described four marine fish species from the Kerala waters. The newly discovered species were named as Chelidoperca manculicauda, Opistongnathus pardus, Plectranthias alcocki and Pempheris sarayu. The samples of the fishes were collected from various fish landing centres of Kovalam, Kochi and Kollam. The discovery was made by a collaborative research team consisting of A. Gopalakrishnan, the Director of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, N.G.K. Pillai, E.M. Abdussamad and Akhilesh of the Institute, J.K. Jena, the Director of National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources and K.K. Bineesh of the Kochi Centre of the Bureau.

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