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Note on the slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776) landed at Chinnapalam (Pamban), south-east coast of India

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Title Note on the slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
landed at Chinnapalam (Pamban), south-east coast of India
 
Creator Ramamoorthy, N
Vinod, K
Gopakumar, G
 
Subject Fish landing
 
Description The slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Family:
Molidae) is the only member of the genus Ranzania,
found globally in tropical and temperate seas. They are
oceanic and found in depths ranging from 1 to 140 m.
The slender sunfish is the most elongate species of
sunfish and the maximum reported size is 100 cm (total
length). R. laevis lack a true tail and instead has a clavus.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9308/1/89.pdf
Ramamoorthy, N and Vinod, K and Gopakumar, G (2012) Note on the slender sunfish, Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776) landed at Chinnapalam (Pamban), south-east coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (211). p. 10.