Diversity of flatfishes (Order: Pleuronectiformes) along the Kerala coast of India, with notes on two rare species


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  • A Biju Kumar
  • G R Deepthi

Abstract

A survey of trawl by-catch of Kerala, south-west coast of India recorded the presence of 34 species of flatfishes (Order:
Pleuronectiformes) classified under four families and 17 genera. The Khaki flounder Laeops natalensis Norman included
under Bothidae is reported for the first time from the Indian coast. The soleid flatfish Aseraggodes umbratilis (Alcock) is
recorded from Indian coast after the initial reports by Alcock in 1894 and 1899.

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2016-09-24

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2016-09-24

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Vol. 56 No. 3 (2009)

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Biju Kumar, A., & Deepthi, G. R. (2016). Diversity of flatfishes (Order: Pleuronectiformes) along the Kerala coast of India, with notes on two rare species. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 56(3), 211-214. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/61785