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First record of Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 from Maharashtra waters
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9618/
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| Title |
First record of Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 from Maharashtra waters
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| Creator |
Sundaram, Sujit
Jadhav, D G |
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| Subject |
New record
Cephalopods |
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| Description |
Octopus catch was earlier discarded, as it did not fetch any price, but in recent years, octopuses are also being exploited in commercial quantities and the major species that contribute to the fishery in Maharashtra are Cistopus indicus, O. membranaceus and O. dollfusi. Cephalopods form about 8.8% in trawl landings at New Ferry Wharf among which octopus contributed 4.9%. |
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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| Date |
2013
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Article
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application/pdf
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| Language |
en
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| Identifier |
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9618/1/18.pdf
Sundaram, Sujit and Jadhav, D G (2013) First record of Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 from Maharashtra waters. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (217). pp. 22-23. |
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