First record of the pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Boneparte, 1832) (Family: Dasyatidae) from the east coast of India

Zacharia, P U and Joshi, K K and Kanthan, K P (2011) First record of the pelagic stingray Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Boneparte, 1832) (Family: Dasyatidae) from the east coast of India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 58 (1). pp. 95-98.

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Abstract

Pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea, (Boneparte, 1832) was recorded for the first time from the east coast of India. The female specimen measuring 91 cm in TL was collected from the hooks and line landings from Tuticorin on 9th July 2009. The morphometric measurements of the specimen were compared with the specimens previously recorded from west coast of India and from the North Sea. The present specimen agrees with most of the characters of earlier specimens, but variation was observed in the disc width, disc length, eye length, inter-space first gill slits, snout to cloaca length and cloaca to tail length as compared to the paratypes, which may be variations owing to sex-specific differences. The present specimen might have migrated from the populations available in the equator, along with the monsoon currents.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	East coast of India; First record; Pelagic stingray; Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Subjects:	Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record Demersal Fishes > Ray fisheries Pelagic Fisheries
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture > Molluscan Fisheries Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	12 May 2011 09:47
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2022 08:23
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/8476

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