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First Record of Spotwing Flying Gunard, Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1854) (Dactylopteriformes; Dactylopteridae) from Indian coastal waters

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16752/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41208-021-00374-5
https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00374-5
 
Title First Record of Spotwing Flying Gunard, Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1854) (Dactylopteriformes; Dactylopteridae) from Indian coastal waters
 
Creator Karuppasamy, K
Ranjith, L
Sureandiran, B
Jawahar, P
Vidhya, V
 
Subject New record
Demersal Fishes
 
Description A total two specimens of male and female of Dactylopterids measuring 166.16 and 178.26 mm of standard length caught from commercial fishing trawler in 45–80 m depth at Tuticorin (8°14′59″ N 78°41′13″ E) and Kanyakumari coast (8°09′41″N, 77°56′12″ E) and Southeast coast of India. The specimen was identified as Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1854) through by presence of bigger blotch over the pectoral fin; Lateral line extends up to caudal peduncle; no presence of spots on head and back. However, still now there is no proper report for D. macracantha in Indian coastal waters. That our Present finding can be used as a First record of D. macracantha from Indian coastal waters. The detailed morphometric and meristic characteristics are described and discussed in this paper.
 
Publisher Springer Nature
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16752/1/Thalassas_2022_L%20Ranjith.pdf
Karuppasamy, K and Ranjith, L and Sureandiran, B and Jawahar, P and Vidhya, V (2022) First Record of Spotwing Flying Gunard, Dactyloptena macracantha (Bleeker, 1854) (Dactylopteriformes; Dactylopteridae) from Indian coastal waters. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 38. pp. 331-336. ISSN 2366-1674