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Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)

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Title Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775)
 
Creator Ranjan, Ritesh
 
Subject Mariculture
Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description Body is compressed and oblong; lips noticeably papillose and upper jaw strongly protractile. Eye diameter smaller than snout length; upper jaw without teeth; lower jaw with a few feeble teeth in young (smaller than 10 cm fork length) and absent in adults. Gill rakers (including rudiments) present are 7 to 9 upper, 19 to 22 lower and 27 to 30 on first gill arch. Two separate dorsal fins,
the first with 7 spines, the second with 1 spine and 18-20 soft rays; anal fin with 2 detached spines followed by 1 spine and 15-17 soft rays; lobe of second dorsal fin shorter than head length.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2017
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14953/1/Gnathanodon%20speciosus.pdf
Ranjan, Ritesh (2017) Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775). In: Prioritized Species for Mariculture in India. ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 43-48. ISBN 978-93-82263-14-2