Occurrence of blue tile fish Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepede, 1801) (Actinopterygii: Malacanthidae) in Tuticorin Coast

Kannan, K and Ranjith, L and Zacharia, P U and Madan, M S and Kanthan, K P (2013) Occurrence of blue tile fish Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepede, 1801) (Actinopterygii: Malacanthidae) in Tuticorin Coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (216). p. 21.

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Abstract

A specimen of Malacanthus latovittatus (Fig. 1) with standard length 330 mm and weighing 250 g was collected from the bycatch of a commercial trawler at Tuticorin fishing harbour during March 2010. The specimen was caught approximately 30 km east off Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar at a depth ranging from 20 to 25 m. After detailed morphological examination, the specimen was photographed and fixed with 5% formalin. The morphometric measurements were taken to the nearest mm and the specimen was identified as M. latovittatus described in FAO (1984).

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