CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAXONOMY OF RHIZOPRIONODON OLIGOLINX SPRINGER 1964: AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE SHARK FISHERY OF ORISSA, INDIA


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  • P K Talwar Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta-12

Abstract

The carcharhinid shark, Rhizoprionodon otigoUnx springer 1964, which constitutes
an important component of the shark fishery of Orissa, is recorded for the
first tin» from the Orissa coast. The taxonomic position of the species is conspecific
with Scoliodon ceylonensis Setna & Sarangdhar 1946, as its junior synonym.

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Author Biography

  • P K Talwar, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta-12
    Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta-12

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Vol. 21 No. 2 (1974)

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Talwar, P. K. (2011). CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAXONOMY OF RHIZOPRIONODON OLIGOLINX SPRINGER 1964: AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE SHARK FISHERY OF ORISSA, INDIA. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 21(2), 604-607. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/12345