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Resurrection and Re-description of Pampus candidus (Cuvier), Silver Pomfret from the Northern Indian Ocean

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13665/
http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/58/58-07.pdf
doi:10.6620/ZS.2019.58-07
 
Title Resurrection and Re-description of Pampus
candidus (Cuvier), Silver Pomfret from the
Northern Indian Ocean
 
Creator Divya, P R
Kumar, Rahul G
Mohitha, C
Rajool Shanis, C P
Bineesh, K K
Basheer, V S
Gopalakrishnan, A
 
Subject Fish Biotechnology
Pomfrets
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description Pomfrets (Genus Pampus) are commercially important fish in the Indo-Pacific region. The systematics
of this genus is complicated because of morphological similarities between species. The silver pomfret
from Indian waters has long been considered to be Pampus argenteus. Morphological and molecular
examination of specimens from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal regions suggested the silver pomfret
from the region represents two species that are distinct both from each other and from P. argenteus from
the South China Sea. Based on detailed morphological, meristic and molecular examinations, the most
common species from the Indian Ocean was found to correspond with the descriptions of Stromateus
candidus (Cuvier), which is resurrected from the synonymy of P. argenteus and redescribed here as
Pampus candidus (new combination). The second species, which has restricted distribution in Indian
waters needs further studies to arrive at taxonomic conclusions and is hence not described in the current
study. Lectotypes are also designated for Pampus candidus.
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13665/1/Zoological%20Studies_2019_Divya%20P%20R_Resurrection%20of%20Silver%20pomfret.pdf
Divya, P R and Kumar, Rahul G and Mohitha, C and Rajool Shanis, C P and Bineesh, K K and Basheer, V S and Gopalakrishnan, A (2019) Resurrection and Re-description of Pampus candidus (Cuvier), Silver Pomfret from the Northern Indian Ocean. Zoological Studies, 58 (7). pp. 1-10.