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Note on Occurrence of Jaydia Queketti (Osteichthyes: Apogonidae) from the by-Catch of Tropical Trawl Fishery

L. Ranjith1 , S. Ramkumar2 * , K. Kannan1 , K. Vinod3 , K. K. Joshi4 , S. P. Shukla5 , C. S. Purushothaman4 and S. K. Chakraborty5

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.11.2.32

Three specimens of apogonids species of total length 72.69, 106.28 and 110.67 mm were caught off Tuticorin at the depths of 90-100 m as a bycatch on 1st January 2013 from the commercial trawler operated from Tuticorin Fishing Harbour, Southeast coast of India. In this paper, on the occurrence of Jaydia queketti was figured and the comprehensive diagnostic features of the recorded specimens were elucidated. The species of this genus Jaydia is distributed continentally and often caught as a bycatch from shrimp or fish trawl. These species are widely distributed in New Guinea, larger islands in the Coral Sea, Australia, Arabian Sea of India and also from Africa to Japan. Nevertheless, the present observation shows the occurrence of J. queketti from the by-catch of trawl fishery operated along Gulf of Mannar, Southeast coast of India.


Cardinalfish; Trashfish; Gulf of Mannar; Distribution

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Ranjith L, Ramkumar S, Kannan K, Vinod K, Joshi K. K, Shukla S. P, Purushothaman C. S, Chakraborty S. K. Note on Occurrence of Jaydia Queketti (Osteichthyes: Apogonidae) from the by-Catch of Tropical Trawl Fishery. Curr World Environ 2016;11(2) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.11.2.32

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Ranjith L, Ramkumar S, Kannan K, Vinod K, Joshi K. K, Shukla S. P, Purushothaman C. S, Chakraborty S. K. Note on Occurrence of Jaydia Queketti (Osteichthyes: Apogonidae) from the by-Catch of Tropical Trawl Fishery. Curr World Environ 2016;11(2). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org?p=907/