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First record of cuttlefish Sepia (Doratosepion) kobiensis Hoyle, 1885 from the north-west coast of India

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Title First record of cuttlefish Sepia (Doratosepion) kobiensis Hoyle, 1885
from the north-west coast of India
 
Creator Sundaram, Sujit
 
Subject New record
Cephalopods
 
Description Cephalopods are caught mainly as by-catch in
the bottom trawl and due to the growing demand for
cephalopods in the international market, they are
exploited all along the Indian coast. In Maharashtra,
cephalopods are mainly exploited by shrimp trawlers
and stand second in the alll India production. The
main fish landing centres for cephalopods at Mumbai
are New Ferry Wharf (NFW) and Sassoon Docks.
Cephalopods contribute 10.6% towards the total fish
catch in Maharashtra (CMFRI, 2009)
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8888/1/208-7.pdf
Sundaram, Sujit (2011) First record of cuttlefish Sepia (Doratosepion) kobiensis Hoyle, 1885 from the north-west coast of India. Marine Fisheries Information Service (208). pp. 14-16.