First Record of the Keeltail Pomfret Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Teleostei: Perciformes: Bramidae) from the South-Eastern Arabian Sea

Roul, Subal Kumar and Retheesh, T B and Akhil, A R and Prakasan, D and Ganga, U and Abdussamad, E M and Rohit, Prathibha (2017) First Record of the Keeltail Pomfret Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Teleostei: Perciformes: Bramidae) from the South-Eastern Arabian Sea. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. pp. 1-6. ISSN 0212-5919

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Abstract

Present study reports the first record of the keeltail pomfret, Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann 1887) in the south-eastern Arabian Sea based on four specimens collected from the Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala, India. The results of the comparative morphometric and meristic analysis of the present and previous records are presented here. This study revealed the first record of T. rubescens in south-eastern Arabian Sea extending its known geographical range by more than 2000 km in southward direction from the Oman Coast. Further, it is an addition to the deep sea ichthyofaunal biodiversity of the west coast of India.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mesopelagic fish; Highly migratory; Oceanodromus species; sea knolls
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Demersal Fishes Demersal Fishes > Pomfrets
Divisions:	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:	18 Aug 2017 09:20
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2022 06:18
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/12088

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