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Some deformities noticed in the indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier)

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Title Some deformities noticed in the indian mackerel,
Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier)
 
Creator Noble, A
 
Subject Mackerel fishery
 
Description Eight spscimens of abnormal mackerel caught at Cochin are described. Three of
them had deformed tails. One was hunchbacked. Two had unusually long mandibles,
while another one had a short mandible and a freak maxilla. The last specimen had an
anomalous anal fin. The occurrence of abnormality was one in eight hundred. Irregularity
in the caudal region was the most common abnormality.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1971
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1332/1/Article_23.pdf
Noble, A (1971) Some deformities noticed in the indian mackerel, Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 18 (1&2). pp. 187-190.