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Biological observations on the Bengal guitarfish Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926 from the Eastern Arabian Sea, India

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14336/
http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJF/article/view/94482
DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2019.67.2.94482-04
 
Title Biological observations on the Bengal guitarfish Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926 from the Eastern Arabian Sea, India
 
Creator Purushottama, G B
Ramasubramanian, V
Akhilesh, K V
Raje, S G
Das, Thakur
Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe
Zacharia, P U
 
Subject Fish biology
 
Description Biological data for the little known Bengal guitarfish Rhinobatos  annandalei Norman, 1926  (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) are presented based on specimens collected from bycatch of commercial shrimp trawlers, gill netters and bag or dol netters operating in the Arabian Sea at depths of 2-70 m off the north-west coast of India. Five hundred ninety three specimens measuring 30.0 to 95.0 cm total length (TL) and weighing between 64.0 to 3300 g total weight (TW) were collected for the study. The length-weight relationships (LWR) were significantly different between the sexes (p
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14336/1/IJF_2020_G%20B%20Purushottama_Biological%20observations%20on%20the%20Bengal%20guitarfish%20Rhinobatos%20annandalei.pdf
Purushottama, G B and Ramasubramanian, V and Akhilesh, K V and Raje, S G and Das, Thakur and Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Zacharia, P U (2020) Biological observations on the Bengal guitarfish Rhinobatos annandalei Norman, 1926 from the Eastern Arabian Sea, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 67 (2). pp. 23-34.