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First record of striated fusilier Caesio striata (Teleostei: Caesionidae), from Indian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2013

K. Kannan*
Affiliation:
Tuticorin Research Center (TRC), Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, (CMFRI), South Beach Road (near Rochi Park) Tuticorin-628 001, Tamil Nadu, India
Sajan John
Affiliation:
Dakshin Foundation, 88/3, Sahakaranagar ‘A' Block, Bangalore, India, 560 092
J.A. Jhonson
Affiliation:
Wildife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun-248001, India
P.U. Zacharia
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Post Box 1603, Ernakulam North PO, Kochi 682018, Kerala, India
K.K. Joshi
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Post Box 1603, Ernakulam North PO, Kochi 682018, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K. Kannan, Tuticorin Research Center (TRC), Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, (CMFRI), South Beach Road (near Rochi Park) Tuticorin-628 001, Tamil Nadu, India email: kanna.k84@gmail.com
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Abstract

The striated fusilier Caesio striata, is recorded for the first time in Indian waters. A single specimen was caught in the Gulf of Mannar and landed at Tuticorin fisheries harbour in September 2010.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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