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Biology and fishery of the Palk-Bay squid, Sepioteuthis arctipinnis Gould

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Title Biology and fishery of the Palk-Bay
squid, Sepioteuthis arctipinnis Gould
 
Creator Rao, K Virabhadra
 
Subject Cephalopods
 
Description The only account of the Palk-Bay Squid, which supports an ancient and
locally well-known minor industry in the Ramnad District of the Madras
State is that of Hornell (1917, 1922) who has described it as 'Loligo sp.' The
wide long fins extending almost the whole length of the mantle, as shown
in his figures, indicate that the form dealt with is a member of the genus
Sepioteuthis and not of Loligo. Hornell's (1950) posthumous publication,
Fishing in Many Waters, contains references to squid fishing but these
notes are based entirely on his earlier accounts. Apart from the general
observations on the methods and seasons of fishing there is no published
account of its true taxonomic status or biology. On the Indian cephalopods
studies of a taxonomic nature have received some attention in the past;
the papers of Goodrich (1896), Massy (1916) and Adam (1939 a) contain
valuable information on preserved collections of the Indian Museum,
Calcutta.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1954
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1604/1/Article_05.pdf
Rao, K Virabhadra (1954) Biology and fishery of the Palk-Bay squid, Sepioteuthis arctipinnis Gould. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 1 (1&2). pp. 37-66.