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Leiognathus leuciscus (Gunther) and Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby) (Family Leiognathidae : Pisces)—Two new records from the Indian Seas

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Title Leiognathus leuciscus (Gunther) and Leiognathus
smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby) (Family Leiognathidae :
Pisces)—Two new records from the Indian Seas
 
Creator James, P S B R
 
Subject Marine Environment
Silverbellies
 
Description Of the fishes of the family Leiognathidae, Day (1876) reported 14 species from the
Indian seas. Weber and de Beaufort (1931) listed 16 species from the Indo-Australian
Archipelago. From Ceylon, Munro (1955) reported the occurrence of 12 species.
Tiews et al. (1965) recorded the occurrence of 17 species from the Philippines.
Fishes of this family which are popularly called silver-bellies (' Karal' in Tamil
language) constitute an important and almost round the year fishery along the Palk
Bay and Gulf of Mannar coasts in the vicinity of Mandapam. In recent years,
great quantities of these fishes are being landed by otter trawl nets operated by
mechanised boats at depths varying between 10 to 30 metres in the area. During
the course of the study on the systematics, biology and fishery of these fishes in
this region, the present author collected in addition to the species reported by Day
{op. cit.) two species, Leiognathus leuciscus (Gflnther) and L. smithursti (Ramsay
& Ogilby) hitherto not reported from the Indian seas. The occurrence of these
two species is reported in this paper together with brief descriptions of the same.
With the inclusion of these two new records, 16 species of this family (genera £e/ognathus,
Secutor and Gazza) are now known from the Indian seas. A detailed
review of the family will be published elsewhere.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1967
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/969/1/Article_05.pdf
James, P S B R (1967) Leiognathus leuciscus (Gunther) and Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby) (Family Leiognathidae : Pisces)—Two new records from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 9 (2). pp. 300-302.