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On some new records of Pigface Breams (Family Lethrinidae; Pisces) from the Andaman Seas

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Title On some new records of Pigface Breams (Family Lethrinidae; Pisces) from the Andaman Seas
 
Creator Silas, E G
Toor, H S
 
Subject Biology
Demersal Fisheries
 
Description In the course of two tours to the Andaman-Nicobar Islands by members of this
Institute during February-March 1960, and January-March 1961, some specimens
of lethrinid fishes, popularly known as pigface breams were obtained, all taken on
hook and line in the vicinity of Port Blair and Neil Island, Andamans. Day (1870)
recorded two species, Lethrinus xanthotaenia Bleeker, and L. harak (Forskal) from
Andamans, while Herre (1941) listed Lethrinus ornatus Cuvier and Velenciennes, and
L. rhodopterus Bleeker from the Andaman Sea. Of these, L. xanthotaenia is a synonym
of L. ornatus (Weber and de Beaufort, 1936, p. 447) and we consider L. rhodopterus
a synonym of L. harak (p. 4), thus leaving only two species L. ornatus and L.
harak known from the Andaman waters up to now. Besides material of these two
species, the present collection also includes three additional records of lethrinid fishes
from the Andaman Sea, and of these, one is reported here for the first time from
Indian waters.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1961
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/908/1/Article_20.pdf
Silas, E G and Toor, H S (1961) On some new records of Pigface Breams (Family Lethrinidae; Pisces) from the Andaman Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 3 (1&2). pp. 208-214.