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Abnormal hermaphroditic skipjack, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) from Agatti coast, Lakshadweep, India

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Title Abnormal hermaphroditic skipjack,
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
from Agatti coast, Lakshadweep, India
 
Creator Pillai, N G K
Jabbar, B
Mallia, Jyothi V
Muhsin, A I
 
Subject Tuna fisheries
 
Description A hermaphroditic specimen of skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis of forklength
(FL) – 56 cm and total weight (TW) – 3.20 kg was caught by pole and line on 21st
November 2005 from the Agatti coast, Lakshadweep. Histological studies
revealed that both the ovarian and testicular portions had developed a complete
series of gametogenic cell lines.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/5862/1/a5.pdf
Pillai, N G K and Jabbar, B and Mallia, Jyothi V and Muhsin, A I (2007) Abnormal hermaphroditic skipjack, Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) from Agatti coast, Lakshadweep, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 54 (2). pp. 239-241.