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Morphological differentiation of closely resembling ariid species, Arius venosus and A. sumatranus

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Title Morphological differentiation of closely resembling ariid species, Arius venosus and A. sumatranus
 
Creator Kumar, Rajan
Rahangdale, Shikha
Divu, D
Kumawat, Tarachand
Abdul Azeez, P
Sukhdhane, Kapil S
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
 
Description In Indian waters ariids (Siluriformes/ Ariidae) are represented by 9 genera and 25 valid species. The genus Arius is the most diverse with eight species reported from Indian waters which can be categorised in two broad groups. One having elongated teeth patches with globular teeth comprising of five species- A. jella, A. maculatus, A. gagora, A. malabaricus and A. arius is clubbed under maculatus complex. Other group included species like A. subrostratus, A. sumatranus and A. venosus having smaller teeth patches with villiform teeth (non-maculatus complex) (Dhanze and Jayaram. 1982). The non-maculatus complex does not contribute much to the commercial fishery barring A. subrostratus which forms minor fishery along southwest coast of India. A. subrostratus can be easily differentiated from rest of the con-generic members by smaller barbels and long snout with small mouth.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2018
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/13999/1/MFIS_237-8.pdf
Kumar, Rajan and Rahangdale, Shikha and Divu, D and Kumawat, Tarachand and Abdul Azeez, P and Sukhdhane, Kapil S (2018) Morphological differentiation of closely resembling ariid species, Arius venosus and A. sumatranus. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (237). pp. 28-29. ISSN 0254-380 X