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Rare occurrence of diamond back squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus (Troschel, 1867) off Chennai coast

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Title Rare occurrence of diamond back squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus
(Troschel, 1867) off Chennai coast
 
Creator Batcha, Hameed
Thangavelu, R
Poovannan, P
Srinivasan, G
 
Subject Rare occurrence
Cephalopods
 
Description A single female specimen of diamond back squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus (Troschel, 1857) locally called 'thalan kadama' was recorded for the first time in the landings of Kasimedu Fishing Harbour on 9.7.2008. The squid was caught in the drift gill net operated off north Chennai at a depth of around 100 m.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Cochin
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/4195/1/6.pdf
Batcha, Hameed and Thangavelu, R and Poovannan, P and Srinivasan, G (2009) Rare occurrence of diamond back squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus (Troschel, 1867) off Chennai coast. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series (201). pp. 14-15.