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Note on Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802) (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India

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Title Note on Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802) (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India
 
Creator Ranjith, L
Kannan, K
Suresh Kumar, K
Joshi, K K
Sivadas, M
George, Rani Mary
Madan, M S
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
 
Description A single specimen of large toothed cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802) collected from off Punnakayal of Tuticorin coast is recorded for the first time from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. The diagnostic characters based on body stripes, proportions, and counts in particular with the ontogenetic changes in the number of developed gill rackers distinguishes C. macrodon from closely related species of C. alleni Gon, 1993, C. artus Smith, 1961 and C. intermdius Gon, 1993. The present record adds the species diversity of apogonids from the Gulf of Mannar.
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15504/1/Thalassas%20An%20international%20journal%20of%20marine%20sciences_2015_Ranjith%20L.pdf
Ranjith, L and Kannan, K and Suresh Kumar, K and Joshi, K K and Sivadas, M and George, Rani Mary and Madan, M S (2015) Note on Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802) (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 31 (2). pp. 55-60. ISSN 0212-5919