Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Studies on demersal fishes of the deep neritic waters and the continental slope 3. On the occurrence of the oil fish Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco (Gempylidae: Pisces) on the upper continental slope along the south-west coast of India

Volume 16 Issue 1

E. G. Silas and A. Regunathan

Abstract

A specimen of Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco (Gempylidae : Pisces) measuring 310 mm in total length was obtained in trawl collections from 185 fathoms in the Quilon Bank (9°04'N, 75°31 'E.) on 7th November 1968. The paper embodies a description with illustrations of this species which has not been described from the Indian Seas upto now

Date : 30-04-1974