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Observations on shoals of the Javanese Cownose Ray Rhinoptera javanica Muller & Henle from the Gulf of Mannar, with additional notes on the species

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Title Observations on shoals of the Javanese Cownose Ray Rhinoptera javanica Muller & Henle from the Gulf of Mannar, with additional notes on the species
 
Creator James, P S B R
 
Subject Marine Biodiversity
Ray fisheries
 
Description Four species of'Rhinoptera were recorded from Indian waters (Misra, 1951) of which
R. javanica appears to be the common species in the Gulf of Mannar. The natural
distribution of this species from India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Siam, China and
Malay Archipelago (Misra, 1947) has been extended by definite records to western
Indian Ocean (South Africa) by Smith (1961). In this context it may be mentioned
that R. javanica has been reported from east Atlantic as well (Fowler, 1946), but as
pointed out by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) comparisons of Atlantic and Indian
Ocean material is lacking and in the absence of which, with our present knowledge,
"it will be desirable to consider the range of distribution of the species as Indian Ocean
and western Pacific.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1962
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/918/1/Article_21.pdf
James, P S B R (1962) Observations on shoals of the Javanese Cownose Ray Rhinoptera javanica Muller & Henle from the Gulf of Mannar, with additional notes on the species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 4 (2). pp. 217-223.