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Synopsis of biological data on skipjack Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) 1758 (Indian Ocean)

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Title Synopsis of biological data on skipjack Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) 1758 (Indian Ocean)
 
Creator Jones, S
Silas, E G
 
Subject Tunas
 
Description Body robuat rounded in cross-Section
teeth on jaws about 40 in each, absent on
vomer and palatine; corselet well defined;
hardly any scales visible on rest of body; interspace
between first and second dorsal hardly
exceeding eye diameter; margin of first dorsal
fin strongly concave lateral line with a decided
downward curve below second dorsal; gillrakers
number 50 to 63 of which 33 to 42 on
lower limb; generally four dark conspicuous
longitudinal bands along side of body below
lateral line none above lateral line.
 
Publisher FAO
 
Date 1963
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7233/1/229-FAO_SPECIES_SYNOPSIS_NO21_1963_FAO_FISHERIES_BIOLOGY_SYNOPSIS_NO64.pdf
Jones, S and Silas, E G (1963) Synopsis of biological data on skipjack Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus) 1758 (Indian Ocean). FAO Fisheries Biology Synopsis No. 64 Species Synopsis No. 21. pp. 663-694.