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Occurrence of Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840) from Gujarat

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Title Occurrence of Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840) from Gujarat
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Creator Sreenath,K R
Dash,Gyanaranjan
Koya,Mohammed
Dash,Swatipriyanka Sen
Bharadiya Sangita,A
Kamalia Kiran,R
 
Subject Occurrence
Iniistius pavo
Gujarat
 
Description Not Available
Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840) commonly
known as peacock wrasse belongs to the family
Labridae. Distributed in Chagos, Kenya, Mozambique,
Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa and lately reported
from Lakshadweep, the species is not reported
hitherto from the mainland of India. Most species (82%)
are found in the Indo-Pacific region, with Australia
having the largest labrid fish fauna (about 33% of the
species and 70% of the genera). This species usually
occurs solitary in lagoon and seaward reef areas with
fine to loose, coarse sand bottoms at depths of 7 to
30 m. The fish can dive into the sand when threatened.
Wrasses are active only during day time, burrowing in
the sand and sleeping in rock or coral shelters at night.
The present specimen was observed for the first time
at Veraval.
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Date 2021-09-16T09:18:07Z
2021-09-16T09:18:07Z
2013
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/63234
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute