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Southern sun fish Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883) recorded from Kochi, southwest coast of India

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Title Southern sun fish Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883) recorded from Kochi,
southwest coast of India
 
Creator Kishore, T G
Suraj, K S
Dhaneesh, K V
Dinesh Kumar, S
Seetha, P K
Nair, Rekha J
Zacharia, P U
 
Subject Fish landing
 
Description Family Molidae with three genera (Ranzania,
Masturus and Mola) and four species are known as
the world’s heaviest fishes with a planktivorous diet.
Known for their truncated anatomy, these fishes are
characterized by lack of caudal bones, ribs and
pelvic fins (Tifler, 1980). A southern ocean sunfish
Mola ramsayi with total length 111cm and weighing
50kg was landed at Munambam Fisheries Harbour
on 6 September 2013.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9923/1/6.pdf
Kishore, T G and Suraj, K S and Dhaneesh, K V and Dinesh Kumar, S and Seetha, P K and Nair, Rekha J and Zacharia, P U (2013) Southern sun fish Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883) recorded from Kochi, southwest coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (218). pp. 9-10.