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

Krishnan  Silambarasan; Krishnamurthy  Sujatha; Arumugam  Sundaramanickam; Elumalai  Rajalakshmi; Arokia Doss Anitha  Joice

Journal of Fisheries (Jan 2017)

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

Krishnan Silambarasan,
Krishnamurthy Sujatha,
Arumugam Sundaramanickam,
Elumalai Rajalakshmi,
Arokia Doss Anitha Joice

Affiliations

Krishnan Silambarasan: PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India
Krishnamurthy Sujatha: Dr MGR Educational Research Institute (University), Chennai, India
Arumugam Sundaramanickam: CAS Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India
Elumalai Rajalakshmi: PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India
Arokia Doss Anitha Joice: PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai, India

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1

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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.

Published in Journal of Fisheries

ISSN: 2311-729X (Print); 2311-3111 (Online)
Publisher: BdFISH
Country of publisher: Bangladesh
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
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