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Deformity recorded in the lower jaw of Malabar red snapper, Lutjanus argentimaculatus landed at Chennai

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Title Deformity recorded in the lower jaw of Malabar red snapper,
Lutjanus argentimaculatus landed at Chennai
 
Creator Sethi, S N
Rajapackiam, S
Rudramurthy, N
 
Subject Snappers
 
Description Deformity of lower jaw as a dislocation of the hyoid
bones between the mandibular branches was
observed in the Malabar red snapper, Lutjanus
argentimaculatus landed at Kasimedu Fishing
Harbour, Chennai on 20th July 2011. There was about
1.8 t of L. argentimaculatus (in the size range
520-620 mm length and 4.5 - 5.5 kg weight) landed
by mechanised trawlers. The lower jaw outgrowth
size was 80 mm. A similar type of lower jaw deformity
has been reported in salmon fry as a drop of the
hyoid bones between the mandibular branches.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9320/1/101.pdf
Sethi, S N and Rajapackiam, S and Rudramurthy, N (2012) Deformity recorded in the lower jaw of Malabar red snapper, Lutjanus argentimaculatus landed at Chennai. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (213). p. 14.