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First occurrence of yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Gulf of Mannar
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9612/
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First occurrence of yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Gulf of Mannar |
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Kannan, K
Ranjith, L Suresh Kumar, K Sathakathullah, S M John James, K Paul Pandian, A L Madan, M S |
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New record
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On 8th July, 2013 a single specimen of Ostracion cubicus (Fig.1) measuring total length 176 mm with a weight of 200 g was collected from a commercial trawler, operated at a depth 20 m, 25 km north-west off Tuticorin, southeast coast of India. Methods for measurements and counts followed Matsuura and Yamakawa (1982). |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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2013
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9612/1/8.pdf
Kannan, K and Ranjith, L and Suresh Kumar, K and Sathakathullah, S M and John James, K and Paul Pandian, A L and Madan, M S (2013) First occurrence of yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Tetraodontiformes: Ostraciidae) from Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). p. 11. |
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