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First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar

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Title First record of rare skate off Gulf of Mannar
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Creator Varghese,Molly
Venkatesan,V
Ramamoorthy,N
Raju,A
Gandhi,A
 
Subject skate
Gulf of Mannar
 
Description Not Available
On 20th July 2007, one single specimen of
roundel skate was accidentally caught by fish
trawl net operated off Gulf of Mannar at a depth of
70m and landed at Pamban-Therkuvadi. The
specimen was identified as Raja texana, Chandler,
1921, belonging to the family Rajidae. The fish was a
female measuring 360mm in length and weighing
760 g. It is for the first time this species was recorded
from the Gulf of Mannar Sea.
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Date 2021-09-15T09:09:45Z
2021-09-15T09:09:45Z
2008
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/62268
 
Language English
 
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Publisher CMFRI Kochi