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First record of two spot razor fish, Xyrichtys bimaculatus (Ruppell, 1828) at Mangalore, Karnataka

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Title First record of two spot razor fish, Xyrichtys bimaculatus
(Ruppell, 1828) at Mangalore, Karnataka
 
Creator Saravanan, Raju
Rohit, Prathibha
Bhat, S Uma
 
Subject New record
Demersal Fisheries
 
Description Wrasses come under the family Labridae, with
majority of the species having a maximum length of
less than 20 cm. Common in shallow waters in a
variety of habitats, including bare sand and rock,
grass and algae-covered bottoms and coral reefs.
they have a wide distribution and are known to occur
in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific waters. Wrasses
are active only during day time, burrowing in the sand
and sleeping in rock or coral shelters at night. The
genus Xyrichtys is observed and recorded for the
first time at Mangalore.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8887/1/208-6.pdf
Saravanan, Raju and Rohit, Prathibha and Bhat, S Uma (2011) First record of two spot razor fish, Xyrichtys bimaculatus (Ruppell, 1828) at Mangalore, Karnataka. Marine Fisheries Information Service (208). pp. 13-14.