Hostname: page-component-84b7d79bbc-fnpn6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-30T02:49:57.714Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Midnight Snapper Macolor macularis (Perciformes: Lutjanidae)—a new record of snapper from Indian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2014

S. Dinesh Kumar ,
Rekha J. Nair  and
Somy Kuriakose
S. Dinesh Kumar
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, Kerala, India
Rekha J. Nair*
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, Kerala, India
Somy Kuriakose
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R.J. Nair, Demersal Fisheries Division, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam North PO, Kerala, India682018 email: rekhacmfri@gmail.com
Get access

Abstract

The Midnight Snapper Macolor macularis, is reported for the first time from the Indian exclusive economic zone based on the two specimens collected from Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala on the south-west coast of India on December 2012 and October 2013. Morphometric and meristic data of the specimens are presented and discussed.

Keywords

family LutjanidaeMidnight Snappersouth-west coast of India
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e32
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Allen, G.R. (1985) FAO species catalogue: snappers of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of lutjanid species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis 125. Rome: FAO, 208 pp.Google Scholar
Allen, G.R. and Steene, R.C. (1988) Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island, Australia: Christmas Island Natural History Association, 197 pp.Google Scholar
Anderson, W.D. and Allen, G.R. (2001) Lutjanidae. Jobfishes. In Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V. (eds) The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Volume 5: bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Rome: FAO, pp. 2840–2918.Google Scholar
Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2013) Catalog of fishes: genera, species, references. Available at: http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp (accessed 29 November 2013).Google Scholar
Forsskål, P. (1775) Descriptiones animalium; avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit, post mortem auctoris edidit Casten Nibuhr. Hauniae [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri, 20 + xxxiv + 164 pp.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fowler, H.W. (1931) Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pseudochromidae, Lobotidae, Pempheridae, Priacanthidae, Lutjanidae, Pomadasyidae, and Teraponidae collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer ALBATROSS, chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100, 1–388.Google Scholar
Hubbs, C.L. and Lagler, K.F. (1958) Fishes of the Great Lakes region. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 213 pp.Google Scholar
Jones, S. (1969) Catalogue of fishes from the Laccadive Archipelago in the reference collections of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute. CMFRI Bulletin 8, 1–35.Google Scholar
Kishimoto, H., Amaoka, K., Kohno, H. and Hamaguchi, T. (1987) A revision of the black and white snappers, genus Macolor (Perciformes: Lutjanidae). Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 34, 146–155.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Randall, J.E. and Anderson, C. (1993) Annotated checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Maldives Islands. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology 59, 1–47.Google Scholar
Webster, F.J. and McMahon, K. (2002) An assessment of coral reefs in northwest Madagascar. In Linden, O., Souter, D., Wilhelmsson, D. and Obura, D. (eds) Coral degradation in the Indian Ocean: Status Report 2002. Kalmar, Sweden: CORDIO, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Kalmar, pp. 190–201.Google Scholar