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Field Identification of Needlefishes from Indian Waters

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Title Field Identification of Needlefishes from Indian Waters
 
Creator Roul, Subal Kumar
 
Subject Pelagic Fishes
 
Description The family Belonidae is comprised of 34 valid species under 10 genera, all over the world
(Collette, 2003). Eight of the ten genera are monotypic or contain only two or three species.
Highest numbers of species of the family are found in two genera, Tylosurus and Strongylura
with 6 and 14 species, respectively while five species are polytypic containing a total of 17
subspecies. In India 8 valid species of needle fish under 4 genera were reported namely
Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846), Platybelone argalus platyura (Bennett, 1832), Tylosurus
crocodilus (Péron & Lesueur, 1821), T. acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1850), Strongylura
strongylura (van Hasselt, 1823), S. leiura (Bleeker, 1850), S. incisa (Valenciennes, 1846) and
Xenentodon cancila (Hamilton, 1822).
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15713/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Subal%20Kumar%20Roul.pdf
Roul, Subal Kumar (2022) Field Identification of Needlefishes from Indian Waters. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 150-155.