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First Record of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Red Coral Grouper) From Gopalpur Coastal Waters, Bay of Bengal

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Title First Record of Cephalopholis sonnerati (Red Coral Grouper) From Gopalpur Coastal Waters, Bay of Bengal
 
Creator Behera, Durga Prasad
Mohapatra, Debasish
Naik, Subrat
Mishra, Rajani Kanta
 
Subject Red Coral Grouper
Cephalopholis sonnerati
First record
Gopalpur coastal waters
 
Description 1207-1212
Present study reports the first record of a red coral grouper fish identified as Cephalopholis sonnerati observed during the routine trawl net operation for fishing by a private trawler off Gopalpur coast, Odisha on 6th July 2013. A coral grouper fish naming Cephalopholis sonnerati belonging to the family Serranidae measuring length 270 mm and weight 300 gm was obtained. This fish has not been reported previously from this coastal water.The description, morphometrics and meristic characters of the fish are described in this study.
 
Date 2016-07-21T06:10:27Z
2016-07-21T06:10:27Z
2015-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34891
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(08) [August 2015]