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Fishes and Corals of the World Listed in CITES Appendices

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Title Fishes and Corals of the World Listed in CITES Appendices
 
Creator Krishnakumar, N
Sahayak, Satish
Joshi, K K
Hegde, Maheshwar
Raghunath, T P
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description The first global 'Census of Marine Life (2010)' estimated that there are over 2, 30,000 species of organisms living in our Oceans. This census has analyzed the
diversity, distribution and abundance of life in the world's oceans. It has been revealed that, the marine life is highly biologically diverse and it has been explored only
partially so far. It is estimated that there are almost 22,000 fish species in the world, which is more than the total number of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds
combined and every year 100 new species are added to this list. Fish are divided into two major types. The first type is cartilaginous fish, which includes Sharks,
Skate and Rays. The second type is the bony fish, which have a complete bony skeleton and are covered with bony scales. Bony fishes are the most common and
account for over 90% of all fish.With all this diversity within; the ocean is a major contributor for the world food production. According to FAO (2010), the total world
fish production has touched 88 million tons, out of which, inland capture fisheries contributed 11 million tons and the oceans contributed the rest of 77million tons
 
Publisher Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore
 
Date 2013
 
Type Other
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9644/1/KKJOSHIPDF59.pdf
Krishnakumar, N and Sahayak, Satish and Joshi, K K and Hegde, Maheshwar and Raghunath, T P (2013) Fishes and Corals of the World Listed in CITES Appendices. Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore.