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Studies on marine ornamental fishes of Lakshadweep (TH098)

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Title Studies on marine ornamental fishes of Lakshadweep (TH098)
 
Creator Vijayamma, T N
 
Subject Theses
Ornamental Fishes
 
Description Many of the marine ornamental fishes are found in
the coastal habitats within the tropics away from the coral
reef regions. But there is a predominance of species, these
populations are strongly correlated with the presence of
coral reefs (Goldman and Talbot, 1976). The major coral
reefs in India include the sedimentary fringing reef of
Andamans and Nicobar, a largely submerged barrier reef
extending from Tuticorin to Jaffna in the Gulf of Mannar and
Lakshadweep atolls. Hence the distribution of ornamental
fishes in India is restricted mainly to these coral reef
areas.
Among these, Lakshadweep remains to be the least
studied group of islands in the Indian Ocean for its coral
reef resources, especially .for the ornamental fishes.
Moreover, the comparatively shallow lagoons around the
Lakshadweep islands were a maj or criterion for selecting
Lakshadweep for the present study as it is easy to conduct
the various observations and studies on the coral reef
fishes in the shallow waters.
Lakshadweep group of islands is located in the
Arabian sea, west of Kerala between 8° and 12° N. Lat. and
71° and 74°E Long. The archipelago consists of 12 atolls, 3
reefs and 5 submerged banks. Of the 36 islands covering an
area of 32 sq. Km., 10 are inhabited. They are Minicoy,
Kalpeni, Androth, Agatti, Kavaratti. Amini, Kadmat. Kiltan.
Chelat and Bi tra. The uninhabited islands are viringli,
cheriyam, Tilakkam pitti, Suheli cheriyakara, Suheli
valiyakara, Pi tti (Bird Island) , Kalpitti, Bangaram,
Tinnakkara, Parali, Perumal Paar and cheriyapaniyam and
Baliyapaniyam reefs (Plate 1). All these islands except
Androth have shallow and saucer-shaped lagoons on the west
encircled by coral reefs and storm-beaches on the east with
steep coral rocky slopes.
 
Date 1997
 
Type Thesis
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7154/1/TH-98_Vij.pdf
Vijayamma, T N (1997) Studies on marine ornamental fishes of Lakshadweep (TH098). ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.