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Occurrence of milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskal) postlarvae in the continental slope northwest of Cochin, as collected by FORV Sagar Sampada

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Title Occurrence of milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskal)
postlarvae in the continental slope northwest of
Cochin, as collected by FORV Sagar Sampada
 
Creator Bensam, P
 
Subject Milkfish
 
Description Postlarvae of Chanos chanos were collected in April 1985 by FORV Sagar
Sampada from the continental slope at a distance of 52 km off Cochin where
the depth to bottom measured 1,125 m. Three stages of development were
available, measuring 5.23, 8.38 and 8.36 mm in total length, which are about
3 to 10 days old and hitherto undescribed from India. The diagnostic characters
by which the present postlarvae can be distinguished from those of allied
groups such as Elops, Megalops and Clupeidae are given. The present record
highlights their occurrence in the oceanic regions thereby suggesting that the
spawning grounds of this fish might extend to such distant and deep areas.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1996
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/246/1/Article_21.pdf
Bensam, P (1996) Occurrence of milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskal) postlarvae in the continental slope northwest of Cochin, as collected by FORV Sagar Sampada. Indian Journal of Fisheires, 43 (4). pp. 417-421.