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Slender Sunfish landed at Chinnapalam (Pamban), the south-east coast of India
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16247/
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8831/ |
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| Title |
Slender Sunfish landed at Chinnapalam (Pamban), the south-east coast of India |
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| Creator |
Vinod, K
Ramamoorthy, N |
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| Subject |
Rare occurrence
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| Description |
The Slender Sunfish, Ranzania laevis, is a mola belonging to the family Molidae. It is the only member of the genus Ranzania, found globally in tropical and temperate seas. They are oceanic and found in depths ranging from 1 to 140m. The Slender Sunfish is the most elongated species of sunfish and the maximum reported size is 100.0 cm (Total Length). R. laevis is a distinctively shaped fish; they lack a true tail and instead have a clavus. |
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| Publisher |
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
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| Date |
2011
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Article
PeerReviewed |
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| Format |
text
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| Language |
en
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| Identifier |
http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16247/1/CMFRI_NL_2011_131_20.pdf
Vinod, K and Ramamoorthy, N (2011) Slender Sunfish landed at Chinnapalam (Pamban), the south-east coast of India. CMFRI Newsletter Cadalmin (131). p. 20. |
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