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First Record of the Keeltail Pomfret Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Teleostei: Perciformes: Bramidae) from the South-Eastern Arabian Sea

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Title First Record of the Keeltail Pomfret Taractes rubescens
(Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Teleostei: Perciformes: Bramidae)
from the South-Eastern Arabian Sea
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Creator Rohit,Prathibha
Abdussamad,E M
Ganga,U
Prakasan,D
Akhil,A R
Retheesh,T B
Roul,Subal Kumar
 
Subject Mesopelagic fish
Highly migratory
Oceanodromus species
sea knolls
 
Description Not Available
Present study reports the first record of the keeltail
pomfret, Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann 1887) in
the south-eastern Arabian Sea based on four specimens collected
from the Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala, India. The
results of the comparative morphometric and meristic analysis
of the present and previous records are presented here. This
study revealed the first record of T. rubescens in south-eastern
Arabian Sea extending its known geographical range by more
than 2000 km in southward direction from the Oman Coast.
Further, it is an addition to the deep sea ichthyofaunal biodiversity
of the west coast of India.
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Date 2021-09-17T07:59:40Z
2021-09-17T07:59:40Z
2017
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
0212-5919
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/63857
 
Language English
 
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