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Range extension of striped triggerfish, Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard, 1854) (Tetradontiformis: Balistidae) in the eastern Indian Ocean

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Relation https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13246/
doi: 10.6024/jmbai.2018.60.1.2042-18
 
Title Range extension of striped triggerfish, Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard, 1854) (Tetradontiformis: Balistidae) in the eastern Indian Ocean
 
Creator Behera, Pralaya Ranjan
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Sreeramulu, K
Joshi, K K
Jishnudev, M A
 
Subject Trigger Fishes
Demersal Fishes
 
Description A single specimen of Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (187 mm SL and
weight 212 gm) was obtained from trawl net operated at depth range
of 40-50 m off Visakhapatnam and landed at Visakhapatnam Fisheries
Harbour on 20th July 2016. It is reported for the first time from the east
coast of India, Bay of Bengal. Earlier it was recorded from the south west
coast of India, Arabian Sea and from the Indo-West Pacific. This report
of Xanthichthys lineopunctatus in the Bay of Bengal extends its
geographic distribution within the Indian Ocean.
 
Publisher MBAI, Cochin-14
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13246/1/Pralaya%20Ranjan%20Behera_2018_JMBAI_Range%20extension%20of%20striped%20trigger%20fish.pdf
Behera, Pralaya Ranjan and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Sreeramulu, K and Joshi, K K and Jishnudev, M A (2018) Range extension of striped triggerfish, Xanthichthys lineopunctatus (Hollard, 1854) (Tetradontiformis: Balistidae) in the eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 60 (1). pp. 108-110.