First record of the scorpion fish, Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) from inshore waters of Veraval, Gujarat
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First record of the scorpion fish, Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) from inshore waters of Veraval, Gujarat |
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Dash, Gyanaranjan
Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen Koya, Mohammed Sreenath, K R Mojjada, Suresh Kumar Bharadiya Sangita, A Kiran, K |
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New record
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Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) belongs to the family Scorpaenidae and commonly known as Scorpion fish. As the name suggests, scorpion fish have a type of “sting” in the form of sharp spines coated with venomous mucus. They are widespread in tropical and temperate seas, but mostly found in the Indo-Pacific. Originally Scorpenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945)was assigned underthe genus Scorpaena Herre, 1945. |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2013
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9493/1/21.pdf
Dash, Gyanaranjan and Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen and Koya, Mohammed and Sreenath, K R and Mojjada, Suresh Kumar and Bharadiya Sangita, A and Kiran, K (2013) First record of the scorpion fish, Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) from inshore waters of Veraval, Gujarat. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (216). pp. 22-23. |
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