UNUSUAL MASSIVE RECRUITMENT OF THE REEF FISH CTENOCHAETES STRIGOSUS (BENNET) (PERCIFORMES: ACANTHURIDAE) TO THE MINICOY ATOLL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE


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Authors

  • C S Gopinatha Pillai Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy, U.T. of Lakshadweep
  • Madan Mohan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy, U.T. of Lakshadweep
  • K K Kunhikoya Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy, U.T. of Lakshadweep

Abstract

A sudden influx, and subsequent settlement, of C. strigosus in enormous
numbers in the lagoon and on reef flats of Minicoy island, where, but for a couple
of specimens dealt with by Jones and Kumaran (1980, this species was almost
unknown, is reported. The fish, ranging in length from 50 to 82 mm, which had
been obviously leading thus far a pelagic life, were in stages past postlarval, and
were already in the process of metamorphosing into adult, with gonads in stages
up to Stage III maturity.

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Author Biographies

  • C S Gopinatha Pillai, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy, U.T. of Lakshadweep
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy,
    U.T. of Lakshadweep
  • Madan Mohan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy, U.T. of Lakshadweep
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy,
    U.T. of Lakshadweep
  • K K Kunhikoya, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy, U.T. of Lakshadweep
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Centre, Minicoy,
    U.T. of Lakshadweep

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Vol. 30 No. 2 (1983)

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How to Cite

Pillai, C. S. G., Mohan, M., & Kunhikoya, K. K. (2011). UNUSUAL MASSIVE RECRUITMENT OF THE REEF FISH CTENOCHAETES STRIGOSUS (BENNET) (PERCIFORMES: ACANTHURIDAE) TO THE MINICOY ATOLL AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 30(2), 261-268. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11862