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First record of the scorpion fish, Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata (Herre, 1945) from inshore waters of Veraval, Gujarat

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Title First record of the scorpion fish, Scorpaenopsis lactomaculata
(Herre, 1945) from inshore waters of Veraval, Gujarat
 
Creator Dash, Gyanaranjan
Dash, Swatipriyanka Sen
Koya, Mohammed
Sreenath, K R
Mojjada, Suresh Kumar
Bharadiya Sangita, A
Kiran, K
 
Subject New record
Fish landing
 
Description 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.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier 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.