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First record on the absence of anal fin in the white sardine, Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) from Indian waters

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Title First record on the absence of anal fin in the white sardine, Escualosa thoracata
(Valenciennes, 1847) from Indian waters
 
Creator Murugesan, Srihari
Jose, Neethu
Viswambharan, Divya
Jaiswar, A K
 
Subject New record
Fish biology
Oil sardine
Pelagic Fishes
 
Description White sardine, Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) forms a minor fishery along the west coast of India. An
abnormal specimen of white sardine, lacking anal fin, was collected from Mangalore coast along with the normal specimens.
The characters of the abnormal specimen are described along with normal specimens. The report is the first of its kind for
E. thoracta from Indian waters. The possible causes of the abnormality in this species have been discussed in this
communication.
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14273/1/IJMS_2019_Divya%20Viswambharan_Indian%20Journal%20of%20Geo%20Marine%20Sciences.pdf
Murugesan, Srihari and Jose, Neethu and Viswambharan, Divya and Jaiswar, A K (2019) First record on the absence of anal fin in the white sardine, Escualosa thoracata (Valenciennes, 1847) from Indian waters. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 48 (10). pp. 1521-1523.