Radhakrishnan, E V and Jayasankar, P (2014) First record of the reef lobster Enoplometopus occidentalis (Randall, 1840) from Indian waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 56 (2). pp. 88-91.
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Abstract
A single specimen of the reef lobster, Enoplometopus occidentalis measuring carapace length 57.0 mm, total length 127.0 mm and 46.7 g in weight was landed at Mandapam fish landing centre, on the southeast coast of India. The lobster was caught during the deep sea trawl fishing operations off Mandapam (08° 58’ N lat. 79° 16’ E long.). This is the first record of the species from Indian waters. The morphological characters along with colour pattern are described. The large chelae in the specimen were found missing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gulf of Mannar; reef lobster; Enoplometopus occidentalis |
| Subjects: | Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Crustacean Fisheries > Lobsters |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Crustacean Fisheries Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2015 06:42 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 06:39 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/10317 |
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