Fishery and biological traits of obtuse barracuda Sphyraena obtusata (Cuvier, 1829) off south-west coast of India

Rajesh, K M and Rohit, Prathibha and Abdussamad, E M (2021) Fishery and biological traits of obtuse barracuda Sphyraena obtusata (Cuvier, 1829) off south-west coast of India. Journal of Environmental Biology, 42. pp. 112-117.

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    Abstract

    Fishes belonging to family Sphyraenidae consists of voracious predators, are economically important and widely distributed in all equatorial, tropical and warm temperate seas (Allam et al., 2004; Akadje et al., 2013). These fishes are mostly pelagic, live solitary or in schools and are capable of adaptation to diverse ecological condition (Whitehead et al., 1986). Family Sphyraenidae comonly known as barracudas include only one genus, Sphyraena and with 27 valid species globally (Froese and Pauly, 2019). Of these, only 9 species have been confirmed in India (Eschmeyer and Fong, 2017). The obtuse barracuda is a small and commercially important species of barracuda reported along the Indian coast, and is usually found in bays, estuaries (Senou, 2001), rocky areas and sea grass beds (May and Maxwell, 1986). These fishes are exploited by various fishing gears and mainly caught in trawlnets, gillnets and outboard ringseines (Senou, 2001; Najmudeen et al., 2015).

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Barracuda, Fecundity, Gonadosomatic index, Sphyraena obtusata
    Subjects: Fish and Fisheries
    Pelagic Fisheries
    Divisions: CMFRI-Mangalore
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Pelagic Fisheries Division
    Depositing User: Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2021 04:37
    Last Modified: 15 Mar 2023 06:42
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/14823

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