Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

On some interesting fishes from the southwest coast of India

Volume 15 Issue 2

M.D.K. Kuthalingam, M. S. Rajagopalan, P. V. Sreenivasan, S. Lazarus and P. Livingston

Abstract

The marine fish fauna occurring at Vizhinjam usually consists of a variety of interesting species and this note deals with the diagnostic characters of nine species of fishes which were collected during field trips. These are: Velifer africanus, Samaris cristatus, Aspidonotus tractus, Uraspis helvola, Thyrsoidea macrura, Chihmyeterus orbicularis, Diodon hystrix, D. holacanthus and D. maculifer. Of these Velifer africanus is a new record to the Indian Seas. Thyrsoidea macrura described herein is the longest specimen of giant moray eel hitherto recorded.

Date : 31-12-1973