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A preliminary study of the pelagic fish eggs and larvae of the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay

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Title A preliminary study of the pelagic fish
eggs and larvae of the Gulf of Mannar
and the Palk Bay
 
Creator Bapat, S V
 
Subject Eggs and Larvae
 
Description A study of the occurrence, distribution and development of fish eggs
and larvae as an integral part of a fishery research programme serves as a
valuable aid in the proper management of fisheries. Although there are
several practical difficulties in studies of this nature, some progress has been
made in this direction during the last few years in India. Devanesan and
John (1940, 1941) have reported the occurrence of the eggs of Rastrelliger
kanagurta and Kowala thoracata oflf the West Hill coast. Devanesan and
Chidambaram (1941) gave a brief account of the eggs and newly hatched
larvae of Anodontostoma chacunda and Caranx crUmenophthalmus. A few eel
eggs from the Madras coast have been recorded by Aiyar et td. (1944—abstract).
In a tabular statement Chacko (1950) gave the salient feature of the
eggs and larvae of 16 species of fishes collected from the waters around the
Krusadai Island, based on the observations of Delsman (1925-38). It has
been, however, noticed that there are some variations in the descriptions
given by Chacko and by Delsman. Nair and Bhimachar (1950) described
three forms of eel eggs from the Gulf of Mannar. An account of the eggs
and larvae of Sardinella sirm, Anchoviella tri, Thrissocles sp. and Solea ovata
was given by John (1951). Descriptions of the eggs and larvae of the genera
Thrissocles, Anchoviella, Cynoglossus, Caranx, Saurida and a pelagic egg
mass from the Madras plankton were given by Nair (1952). The present
paper deals with the pelagic fish eggs and larvae occurring in the Grulf of
Mannar and the Palk Bay off Mandapam.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1955
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1675/1/Article_15.pdf
Bapat, S V (1955) A preliminary study of the pelagic fish eggs and larvae of the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Bay. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 2 (1). pp. 231-255.