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Occurrence of the Japanese seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1854 from the Palk Bay coast of south-eastern India

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Title Occurrence of the Japanese seahorse
Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1854 from the
Palk Bay coast of south-eastern India
 
Creator Thangaraj, M
Lipton, A P
 
Subject seahorses
 
Description A female Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, with a size of 70 mm overall length
(trunk length þ tail length þ head length) was collected as a by-catch on 3 April
2005 off Mullimunai in Palk Bay coast, South India (09°459 N; 79°019 E). The
specimen was found at a depth of 6 m, among Halophila and Thalasia species of
sea grasses. The specimen is preserved in the museum collections at Vizhinjam
Research Centre of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI),
Vizhinjam (Cat. No. 146).
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10149/1/Lipton_JFB_2007_70_310-312.pdf
Thangaraj, M and Lipton, A P (2007) Occurrence of the Japanese seahorse Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker 1854 from the Palk Bay coast of south-eastern India. Journal of Fish Biology, 70. pp. 310-312.