First record of the silver-cheeked toad fish Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) from Chennai coastal waters, Southeast India

First record of the silver-cheeked toad fish Lagocephalus scleratus (Gmelin, 1789) (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontidae) from Chennai coastal waters, Southeast India

The silver-cheeked toad fish, Lagocephalus scleratus, was recorded for the first time on 25 September 2014. Two specimens of this fish species were collected from the by-catch landed by a commercial deep-sea trawler at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour, Chennai coast, Southeast India. The morphometric and me...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of fisheries 2017-04, Vol.5 (1), p.465-468
Hauptverfasser: Silambarasan, Krishnan, Sujatha, Krishnamurthy, Sundaramanickam, Arumugam, Rajalakshmi, Elumalai, Anitha Joice, Arokia Doss
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Sprache:eng
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Chennai Coast
Kasimedu
Lagocephalus scleratus
Silver-cheeked toad fish
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Zusammenfassung:The silver-cheeked toad fish, Lagocephalus scleratus, was recorded for the first time on 25 September 2014. Two specimens of this fish species were collected from the by-catch landed by a commercial deep-sea trawler at Kasimedu Fishing Harbour, Chennai coast, Southeast India. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. The specimen was compared with earlier reports.
ISSN:2311-729X
2311-3111
DOI:10.17017/jfish.v5i1.2017.200