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The Pearl fish Carapus margaritiferae (Rendahl), a new record for the Indian waters

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Title The Pearl fish Carapus margaritiferae (Rendahl), a new record for the Indian waters
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Creator Mahadevan,S
 
Subject Pearl fish
Carapus margaritiferae
India
 
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IN a recent communication (Mahadevan 1959) attention was drawn to an interesting
association of the pearl fish Fierasfer homei (Richardson) with the wing mussel Pteria
sp., * * found in the Gulf of Mannar off Tuticorin. A re -examination of the pearl
fish showed that the position of the vent is at the base of a line just behind pectoral
origin and the origin of the dorsal is in a line above the middle of pectoral (Plate,
1, Fig. C). Further, other distinguishing characters of this fish described elsewhere
in this account justified the earlier doubts (Mahadevan op. cit.) of the likelihood
of its coming under Carapus (syn : Fierasfer) margaritiferae (Rendahl), a brief
account of which is given by de Beaufort (1951) based on specimens collected from
Pulu Punga, Pulu Missa, coast of Flores and Cape Jaubert N. W. Australia, mostly
in association with the wing mussel or sometimes with a holothurian. Smith (1955),
while reviewing the family Carapidae has mentioned the occurrence of C margaritiferae
in South African waters also where three specimens, 75 -93 mm. in length, were
' taken from inside clams at Durban.' The data on two specimens of 63.5 and 85.0
mm. examined by the present author indicate differences in some of the characteristics
as compared with the South African form described by Smith. In order to facilitate
comparison of the Indian form with others occurring elsewhere a detailed
description of the material in hand is given below.
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Date 2021-08-09T06:21:49Z
2021-08-09T06:21:49Z
1961
 
Type article
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/53766
 
Language English
 
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Publisher MBAI