Occurrence of swordtip squid, Loligo edulis Hoyle, 1885 in trawl catches off Tamil Nadu

Sethi, S N and Rudramurthy, N (2013) Occurrence of swordtip squid, Loligo edulis Hoyle, 1885 in trawl catches off Tamil Nadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). pp. 39-40.

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    Abstract

    A new entrant of squid species, Loligo edulis Hoyle, 1885 commonly known as ‘swordtip squid’, was observed in the trawl catches at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour, and Karaikal Fishing Harbour, Karaikal, Tamil Nadu on 27.08.2013. The species is distributed along the Western Pacific, Northern Australia, Philippine Islands and northern South China Sea to central Japan. The occurrence of Loligo edulis is reported for the first time from the northeast coast of India during July 2013. At Sassoon Docks (new jetty), Mumbai, north-west coast heavy landing of L. edulis was observed on 18th February 2011. Species Description

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: swordtip squid; Loligo edulis Hoyle; trawl catches; Tamil Nadu
    Subjects: Molluscan Fisheries > Cephalopods
    Divisions: CMFRI-Madras (Chennai)
    Depositing User: Arun Surendran
    Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2013 09:47
    Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:56
    URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/9631

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