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First record of Neobythites stefanovi (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from Indian waters

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Title First record of Neobythites stefanovi
(Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from Indian waters
 
Creator Kannan, K
John, S
Joshi, K K
Zacharia, P U
 
Subject New record
Marine Biodiversity
 
Description Neobythitesstefanovi is recorded for the first time from Indian waters in the Gulf of Mannar. Two specimens were landed as by-catch in trawl gear at Tuticorin fisheries harbour, south-east coast of India, in March 2010. This is also the first record of the species outside the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Aden, in the western Indian Ocean.
 
Publisher Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9472/1/Neobythites_stefanovi.pdf
Kannan, K and John, S and Joshi, K K and Zacharia, P U (2013) First record of Neobythites stefanovi (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from Indian waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 6 (71). pp. 1-4.