First Record of the Longfin Gaper, Champsodon Longipinnis Matsubara and Amaoka, 1964 (Family: Champsodontidae) Along Indian Coast

Behera, Pralaya Ranjan and Jasmin, F and Muktha, M and Jishnudev, M A (2017) First Record of the Longfin Gaper, Champsodon Longipinnis Matsubara and Amaoka, 1964 (Family: Champsodontidae) Along Indian Coast. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 33 (1). pp. 51-55. ISSN 0212-5919

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Abstract

Four specimens of the longfin gaper, Champsodon longipinnis, were caught by commercial trawlers off Gopalpur, Odisha coast and landed at Visakhapatnam fishing harbor on 23rd December 2014. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first occurrence of the species from Indian waters, exhibiting an extension in distribution within the Indian Ocean.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Crocodile tooth fishes; Odisha; Visakhapatanm; Distribution
Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record
Demersal Fishes
Divisions: CMFRI-Visakhapatnam
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2017 06:49
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2022 06:17
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/11999

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