Rare Chimaeroid and Elasmobranch fishes from the continental slope off the West Coast of India

Silas, E G and Selvaraj, G S D and Regunathan, A (1969) Rare Chimaeroid and Elasmobranch fishes from the continental slope off the West Coast of India. Current Science, 38 (5). pp. 105-106.

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Abstract

During exploratory trawling from the upper continental slope in depths between 180 and 450 metres off the West Coast of India, specimens of the Chimreroid fish Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnackenbeck) and the rare elasmobranchs Echinorhinus b"UC11S (Bonnaterrc) and Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist have been obtained. All three are new distributional records for Indian Seas and they are described and illustrated

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chimaeroid; Elasmobranch; Rare fishes; continental slope; West Coast of India
Subjects: Fish and Fisheries > Fish Taxonomy
Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 04 May 2011 10:44
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2015 15:49
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/8408

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