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First record of the Indian golden-barred butterflyfish, Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Family: Chaetodontidae) from the east coast of India

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Title First record of the Indian golden-barred butterflyfish, Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Family: Chaetodontidae) from the east coast of India
 
Creator Behera, Pralaya Ranjan
Ranjith, L
Edward, Loveson
Muktha, M
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
 
Subject New record
Demersal Fishes
 
Description A single specimen of Roa jayakari measuring total length 85.3 mm weighing 15.3 g was collected from trawl bycatch of a multiday trawler of Visakhapatnam fishing harbour. Morphometric and eristic characters of the recorded specimen are described and discussed. Present occurrence of this species is the first record from east coast of India that is range extension of its known distribution within Indian Ocean.
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10928/1/IJMS%2044%2810%29_2015_Pralaya%20Behera_Butterfly%20fish.pdf
Behera, Pralaya Ranjan and Ranjith, L and Edward, Loveson and Muktha, M and Ghosh, Shubhadeep (2015) First record of the Indian golden-barred butterflyfish, Roa jayakari (Norman, 1939) (Family: Chaetodontidae) from the east coast of India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 44 (10). pp. 1512-1515.