Raju, A and Venkatesan, V and Varghese, Molly and Ramamoorthy, N and Gandhi, A (2008) First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (196). p. 18.
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Abstract
On 20th July 2007, one single specimen of roundel skate was accidentally caught by fish trawl net operated off Gulf of Mannar at a depth of 70m and landed at Pamban-Therkuvadi. The specimen was identified as Raja texana, Chandler, 1921, belonging to the family Rajidae. The fish was a female measuring 360mm in length and weighing 760 g. It is for the first time this species was recorded from the Gulf of Mannar Sea.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | skate; Gulf of Mannar |
| Subjects: | Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Demersal Fishes > Ray fisheries |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture |
| Depositing User: | Dr. V Mohan |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2010 12:00 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2022 08:47 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/3619 |
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