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Taxonomy of Fishes of the Family Balistidae in India

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Title Taxonomy of Fishes of the Family Balistidae in India
 
Creator Sahayak, Satish
Joshi, K K
Murty, V Sriramachandra
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description The fishes of the family Balistidae are popularly known as trigger fishes and distributed along
the Indian and the Pacific Oceans, though certain species are restricted to particular regions. In
India, these fishes are abundant in the Gulf of Mannar, Palk Bay, off Maharashtra and Gujarat
coast, off Kerala, Andaman and Lakshadweep Islands. The recent trend in exploitation for
human consumption and export and the fast increasing demand for these fishes in live condition
for aquarium purpose warrant knowledge on taxonomy and distribution in space and time of
the individual species for formulating strategies for sustaining yields and addressing the issues
of biodiversity conservation. They feed mainly on zooplankton, molluscs, sponges and other
associated fauna and the schooling behaviour is directly correlated to its grazing and grabbing
nature. Added to this balistids have preference to coral reef habitat for feeding during their
younger stages. The coral reefs and sand beds along the coast serve as the feeding ground for
them and juveniles migrate to these grounds for feeding. It is also to be noted that trawl catch
was constituted exclusively by 8-32 cm fishes, with total absence of small juveniles and mature
fishes. Descriptions of the species of the genera viz. Abalistes, Balistapus, Zenodon,
Canthidermis, Melichthys, Pseudobalistes, Parabalistes, Rhinecanthus and Sufflamen were
done
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15721/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Joshi%20K%20K_Balistidae.pdf
Sahayak, Satish and Joshi, K K and Murty, V Sriramachandra (2022) Taxonomy of Fishes of the Family Balistidae in India. 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. 282-321.