RARE CHIMAEROID AND ELASMOBRANCH FISHES FROM THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF THE WEST COAST OF INDIA

RARE CHIMAEROID AND ELASMOBRANCH FISHES FROM THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE OFF THE WEST COAST OF INDIA

During exploratory trawling from the upper continental slope in depths between 180 and 450 metres off the West Coast of India, specimens of the Chimæroid fish Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnackenbeck) and the rare elasmobranchs Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre) and Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist have bee...

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Veröffentlicht in:Current science (Bangalore) 1969-03, Vol.38 (5), p.105-106
Hauptverfasser: SILAS, E. G., SELVARAJ, DANIEL, REGUNATHAN, A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal fins
Cruises
Egg masses
Fish trawling
Fisheries science
Marine fishes
Ocean fisheries
Varuna
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Zusammenfassung:During exploratory trawling from the upper continental slope in depths between 180 and 450 metres off the West Coast of India, specimens of the Chimæroid fish Neoharriotta pinnata (Schnackenbeck) and the rare elasmobranchs Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre) and Atractophorus armatus Gilchrist have been obtained. All three are new distributional records for Indian Seas and they are described and illustrated.
ISSN:0011-3891