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Biology of Mullets - Revisited In: ICAR Sponsored Winter School on Recent Advances in Fishery Biology Techniques for Biodiversity Evaluation and Conservation, 1-21 December 2018, Kochi.

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Title Biology of Mullets - Revisited In: ICAR Sponsored Winter School on Recent Advances in Fishery Biology Techniques for Biodiversity Evaluation and Conservation, 1-21 December 2018, Kochi.
 
Creator Krishnan, L
 
Subject Mullet
Fishery Biology
 
Description Members of the family mugilidae commonly known as mullets are one of the commercially
important teleosts found in the coastal waters of the World. They have a Worldwide
distribution including tropical, subtropical and temperate seas. Apart from inhabiting coastal and
offshore waters, many mullets inhabit part or whole of their lifetime in coastal lagoons, lakes and
even rivers. Mullets are moderate to large sized fishes reaching a maximum size of 120 cms. SL, but
commonly reaching 30 cms. These fishes have a sub-cylindrical body, head often broad and flat
dorsally. They have two widely separated dorsal fins. The first dorsal has 4 spines and the second
one is with an unbranched ray and 6 to 10 branched rays. The pelvic fins are sub-abdominal with
one spine and five branched rays. The anal fin has 2-3 spines and 8-12 branched rays. Lateral line is
absent. Adults have ctenoid scales. The mouth is of moderate size with small labial or missing
teeth. Their gill arches are long and they have a muscular stomach with a long intestine.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2018
 
Type Teaching Resource
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13307/1/2-Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Advances%20in%20Fishery%20Biology%20Techniques%20for%20Biodiversity%20Evaluation%20and%20Conservation_2018_Krishnan.pdf
Krishnan, L (2018) Biology of Mullets - Revisited In: ICAR Sponsored Winter School on Recent Advances in Fishery Biology Techniques for Biodiversity Evaluation and Conservation, 1-21 December 2018, Kochi. [Teaching Resource]