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Species Metapenaeus kutchensis

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Title Species Metapenaeus kutchensis
 
Creator Kizhakudan, Joe K
Dineshbabu, A P
 
Subject Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description Metapenaeus kutchensis George, George
and Rao, 1963 is a commercially important penaeid
prawn, endemic to the Gujarat coast of India (George
et al., 1963). The dominant species reported from
the commercial catches of the Gulf of Kutchch region
till 1963 was Metapenaeus monoceros (Srivatsa,
1953; Lakumb, 1960 and Ramamurthy, 1963a). On a
detailed scrutiny of the characteristics, it was found
that although the species possesses certain
characters of M. monoceros, it reveals several
striking features that are not shared with other
species. Since the characteristics of this species do
not correspond with those of any other species
described so far, the species was described as a
new species of the genus Metapenaeus.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Contributor Rao, G Sudhakara
Radhakrishnan, E V
Josileen, Jose
 
Date 2013
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9372/1/155.pdf
Kizhakudan, Joe K and Dineshbabu, A P (2013) Species Metapenaeus kutchensis. In: Handbook of Marine Prawns of India. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 359-363.