First Record of the Longfin Gaper, Champsodon Longipinnis Matsubara and Amaoka, 1964 (Family: Champsodontidae) Along Indian Coast

Four specimens of the longfin gaper, Champsodon longipinnis , were caught by commercial trawlers off Gopalpur, Odisha coast and landed at Visakhapatnam fishing harbor on 23rd December 2014. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the fi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Thalassas : revista de ciencias del mar 2017-04, Vol.33 (1), p.51-55
Hauptverfasser:	Behera, Pralaya Ranjan, Felix, Jasmin, Menon, Muktha, M.A., Jishnudev
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coastal Sciences Earth and Environmental Science Earth Sciences Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management Fishing Freshwater & Marine Ecology Harbors Marine & Freshwater Sciences Meristic counts Morphometry New records Oceanography Trawlers
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Zusammenfassung:	Four specimens of the longfin gaper, Champsodon longipinnis , were caught by commercial trawlers off Gopalpur, Odisha coast and landed at Visakhapatnam fishing harbor on 23rd December 2014. The morphometric and meristic characters of the recorded specimens are described and discussed. This is the first occurrence of the species from Indian waters, exhibiting an extension in distribution within the Indian Ocean.
ISSN:	0212-5919 2366-1674
DOI:	10.1007/s41208-017-0020-7