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Occurrence of a rare coral fish Cheilinus undulatus

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Title Occurrence of a rare
coral fish Cheilinus undulatus
 
Creator Nair, Rekha J
Kuriakose, Somy
Dinesh Kumar, S
 
Subject Rare occurrence
 
Description A single specimen of Humphead
wrasse Cheilinus undulatus
(Ruppell, 1835) was landed at Cochin
Fisheries Harbour (Kerala) on
23.10.2010 by hooks and lines operated
off Lakshadweep. The fish measured
471.5 mm in total length and weighed
1.9 kg. The Humphead wrasse
Cheilinus undulatus (Riippell, 1835), also
known as Napoleon wrasse, is
the biggest member of the family Labridae
and a giant among reef fishes.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2010
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16198/1/CMFRI_NL_2010_127_9_1.pdf
Nair, Rekha J and Kuriakose, Somy and Dinesh Kumar, S (2010) Occurrence of a rare coral fish Cheilinus undulatus. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (127). p. 9.