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Distribution and abundance of Lanternfishes of the family Myctophidae in the EEZ of India

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Title Distribution and abundance of Lanternfishes of the family Myctophidae in the EEZ of India
 
Creator Raman, Mini
James, P S B R
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
 
Description Distribution and abundance of lanternfishes of the family Myctophidae collected from the eastern Arabian Sea and the
Bay of Bangal during cruises 1-15 of FORV Sagar Sampada are presented . This investigation is based on the lKMT samples
from the DSL which was found in the depth ranges 200-540m during day and 0-75m during night. In the total biomass
of the DSL, fish formed only 6% and the rest was constituted by the plankton. The fish fauna of the DSL comprised of
meso and bathypelagic forms like myctophids, gonostomids and stomiformes.
 
Date 1990
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5189/1/39_Distribution_and_abundance_of_Lanternfishes_of_the_family_Myctophidae_in_the_EEZ_of_India.pdf
Raman, Mini and James, P S B R (1990) Distribution and abundance of Lanternfishes of the family Myctophidae in the EEZ of India. In: Proceedings of the first workshop on scientific results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 5-7 June 1989, Kochi.