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First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3619/
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First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar
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| Creator |
Raju, A
Venkatesan, V Varghese, Molly Ramamoorthy, N Gandhi, A |
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New record
Ray fisheries |
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| Description |
On 20th July 2007, one single specimen of roundel skate was accidentally caught by fish trawl net operated off Gulf of Mannar at a depth of 70m and landed at Pamban-Therkuvadi. The specimen was identified as Raja texana, Chandler, 1921, belonging to the family Rajidae. The fish was a female measuring 360mm in length and weighing 760 g. It is for the first time this species was recorded from the Gulf of Mannar Sea. |
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CMFRI Kochi
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| Date |
2008
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3619/1/4.pdf
Raju, A and Venkatesan, V and Varghese, Molly and Ramamoorthy, N and Gandhi, A (2008) First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (196). p. 18. |
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