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First record of the anthiine fish, Meganthias filiferus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indian waters

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Title First record of the anthiine fish, Meganthias
filiferus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from
Indian waters
 
Creator Akhilesh, K V
Pillai, N G K
Ganga, U
Bineesh, K K
Rajool Shanis, C P
Manjebrayakath, Hashim
 
Subject New record
Pelagic Fishes
 
Description The present paper reports the first record of occurrence in the Arabian Sea and extension of distribution of Meganthias filiferus
from the Thailand coast of the eastern Indian Ocean. A single specimen measuring 211 mm SL was collected from a
commercial trawler operating in the Arabian Sea off the south-western coast of India during August 2008. The two
known specimens of this rare species are compared
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8798/1/Akhilesh_et_al_2009_Rare_fish_Meganthias_filiferus.pdf
Akhilesh, K V and Pillai, N G K and Ganga, U and Bineesh, K K and Rajool Shanis, C P and Manjebrayakath, Hashim (2009) First record of the anthiine fish, Meganthias filiferus (Perciformes: Serranidae) from Indian waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 2 (e113). pp. 1-2.