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Spotfin porcupine fish spotted at Malabar coast

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16239/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8741/
 
Title Spotfin porcupine fish spotted at Malabar coast
 
Creator CMFRI, Calicut
 
Subject New record
Rare occurrence
 
Description A rare "spotfin porcupinefish" was
landed at Ayikkara Fisheries Harbour
in Kannur by a ring seine operating in 40-
60 m depth during the last week of July,
2011. The species was identified as
Diodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758), and it
is the first report of this species from
Malabar region.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16239/1/CMFRI_NL_2011_130_8_1.pdf
CMFRI, Calicut (2011) Spotfin porcupine fish spotted at Malabar coast. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (130). p. 8.