Fishery for Tomato hind along Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu

Remya, L and Mahalingam, M and Rajkumar, M and Ramesh, A and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe (2024) Fishery for Tomato hind along Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (262). pp. 19-20. ISSN 0254-380X

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Abstract

Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) is a protogynous grouper of the family Serranidae, widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific and abundant in reefs and areas with rocky substratum. It is commonly called as Tomato hind and locally known as thakkalimeen (tomato fish) in Tamil Nadu due to the brilliant red colouration of the fresh fishes. A group of fishers from Karaikal, Nagapattinam, Tharangambadi and Kaveripattinam of Tamil Nadu have been exclusively involved in targeted fishing of Tomato hind.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Demersal Fishes > Perch fishes
Demersal Fishes
Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division
Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division
CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division
Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2025 11:59
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2025 11:59
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/18978

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