First Record of the Longtooth Hairtail, Eupleurogrammus glossodon (Bleeker, 1860) from the South Gujarat Coast, India
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L.V. TANDEL
College of Fisheries Science, Kamdhenu University, Navsari - 396 445, Gujarat, India
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R.V. BORICHANGAR
College of Fisheries Science, Kamdhenu University, Navsari - 396 445, Gujarat, India
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VIJAY KUMAR
Faculty of Fisheries, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi - 682 506, Kerala, India
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B.R. TANDEL
College of Fisheries Science, Kamdhenu University, Navsari - 396 445, Gujarat, India
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Eupleurogrammus glossodon, South Gujarat, Hairtail, TrichiuridaeAbstract
This study reports the first record of the Longtooth hairtail (Scombriformes: Trichiuridae family), Eupleurogrammus glossodon (Bleeker, 1860) based on a single specimen caught by commercial trawl off South Gujarat, landed at Dholai fish landing center on January 2023. Identification was confirmed based on detailed morphometric and meristic characteristics of E. glossodon, including a black spot present just behind the bottom of the lower jaw, two large fang-like teeth without barbs in the upper jaw, a pair of fangs at the tip of the lower jaw. The lower hind margin of the gill cover is convex, the pelvic fin small scale-like; situated below the 11th to 14th dorsal fin soft ray, and dorsal fin III/118-130. The comparison facilitates a better taxonomic understanding of these species. However, several hairtail fishes have been reported from the South Gujarat Coast. The present study confirms the first report of E. glossodon from the South Gujarat Coast of India with detailed morphological characteristics.
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