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Leucism in seerfish Scomberomorus commerson, landed at Chintapalli, Andhra Pradesh

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Title Leucism in seerfish Scomberomorus commerson, landed at Chintapalli,
Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Veena, S
Muktha, M
Edward, Loveson
Uma Mahesh, V
Rao, M V Hanumantha
Megarajan, Sekhar
Dhanraju, K
Satish Kumar, M
Moshe, Ch.
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
 
Subject Seerfishes
 
Description A narrow-barred Spanish mackerel,
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800),
exhibiting leucism was landed at Chinatapalli Fishing
Harbour, Vijayanagaram District on 24th January,
2014. The specimen was 130 cm long and weighed
16 kg. It was caught by hook and line operated from
motorized craft at a distance of 11 km from shore
at a depth of 32 m. The specimen was characterized
by unnatural yellow colouration on the body.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10370/1/9-MFIS-221.pdf
Veena, S and Muktha, M and Edward, Loveson and Uma Mahesh, V and Rao, M V Hanumantha and Megarajan, Sekhar and Dhanraju, K and Satish Kumar, M and Moshe, Ch. and Ghosh, Shubhadeep (2014) Leucism in seerfish Scomberomorus commerson, landed at Chintapalli, Andhra Pradesh. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (221). p. 13.