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Diamond back squid spotted at Chennai coast

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16222/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8656/
 
Title Diamond back squid spotted at Chennai coast
 
Creator Sethi, S N
Poovannan, P
Rajapackiam, S
 
Subject Rare occurrence
Cephalopods
 
Description A single male specimen of diamond
back squid Thysanoteuthis rhombus
(Troschel, 1857) locally called “Thalan
kadama” was recorded for the first time
in the landings at Chennai Fisheries
Harbour on 31.03.2011. The squid was
caught in the drift gill net operated off
North Chennai at a depth of around 100
m. The length of the squid was 650 mm
in mantle length and weighed 9 kg. The
specimen was sold for Rs. 900/- in the
landing centre.


(Reported by S.N.Sethi,
P.Poovannan, S.Rajapackiam,
Madras RC of CMFRI
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16222/1/CMFRI_NL_2011_129_11.pdf
Sethi, S N and Poovannan, P and Rajapackiam, S (2011) Diamond back squid spotted at Chennai coast. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (129). p. 11.