DESCRIPTION OF SARDINELLA DAYI REGAN (PISCES: CLUPEIDAE) OF INDIAN SEAS WITH REMARKS ON ITS CLOSE SIMILARITY WITH SARDINELLA MADERENSIS (LOWE) AND SARDINELLA WSSIEUI (VALENCIENNES)


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Authors

  • B T Antony Raja Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
  • S Lazarus Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

Abstract

Since the existing descriptions of Sardinella dayi Regan are based on very
few specimens, a detailed account of its morphoihetric and meristic chanicters on
the basis of 50 specimens collected from Karwax (type locality), Vizhinjam and.
Tuticorjn of- the Indian coast, is presented. It is concluded that the material from
Mauritius figured and included by Fowler (1941) under 5. dayi is referable to
S. jusyieui (Valenciennes). Drawing attention to the close similarity between these
two species and S. maderensis, it is recommended that future studies should assess
how far the differences between these species justify distinction at species level

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Author Biographies

  • B T Antony Raja, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
  • S Lazarus, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin

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Vol. 22 No. 1 & 2 (1975)

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Raja, B. T. A., & Lazarus, S. (2011). DESCRIPTION OF SARDINELLA DAYI REGAN (PISCES: CLUPEIDAE) OF INDIAN SEAS WITH REMARKS ON ITS CLOSE SIMILARITY WITH SARDINELLA MADERENSIS (LOWE) AND SARDINELLA WSSIEUI (VALENCIENNES). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 22(1 & 2), 113-125. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/12220