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Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)

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Title Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797)
 
Creator Ignatius, Boby
Imelda, Joseph
Megarajan, Sekhar
 
Subject Mariculture
Ribbon fishes
 
Description The body is compressed and slender. Snout is blunt and anterior nostril has a long flap in juveniles which disappears in adult fish. A forward-directed spine is present in front of dorsal fin. Dorsal fin rays are banded. The caudal fin is almost emarginated in specimens under 10 cm standard length and forked in larger fish. Scales are minute with 21-27 scale rows between lateral line and base
of anterior dorsal spines. Cheeks are scaleless.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2017
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14995/1/Siganus%20canaliculatus.pdf
Ignatius, Boby and Imelda, Joseph and Megarajan, Sekhar (2017) Siganus canaliculatus (Park, 1797). In: Prioritized Species for Mariculture in India. ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 145-151. ISBN 978-93-82263-14-2