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Rough triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata from Gujarat coast

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Relation https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10974/
 
Title Rough triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata from Gujarat coast
 
Creator Makwana Nayan, P
Solanki, Vipul
Sreenath, K R
Koya, Mohammed
Joshi, K K
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
 
Description A specimen of the Rough triggerfish,
Canthidermis maculata (Bloch, 1786) was landed
by a multiday trawler on 25th November 2015 at
Mangrol Fisheries Harbour, Gujarat. The specimen
was brownish grey in colour with characteristic
white spots all over the body including the head. It
measured 309 mm and 256 mm in Total length and
Standard length respectively with a weight of 580 g
(Fig. 1). The fish is usually found in areas having
sandy, muddy or rocky bottoms at a depth range of
50-100 m and is reported from the Western Indian
Ocean.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10974/1/226-4.pdf
Makwana Nayan, P and Solanki, Vipul and Sreenath, K R and Koya, Mohammed and Joshi, K K (2015) Rough triggerfish, Canthidermis maculata from Gujarat coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (226). p. 15. ISSN 0254-380 X