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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Volume 50 Issue 2
First record of two-stick stingfish, Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829) from Parangipettai coastal waters, southeast coast of India
K. V. Dhaneesh, T. T. Ajith Kumar, P. Murugesan and T. Balasubramanian
Abstract
Two-stick stingfish Inimicus filamentosus were recorded for the first time in trawl catches off Parangipettai coastal waters, southeast coast of India. As this species is the first report from India, the morphometric and meristic characters, distribution pattern and remarks are given in this paper.
Keywords
Two-stick stingfish, Inimicus filamentosus, Parangipettai coastal waters
Date : 06-06-2009