Short communication: Current fishery status of ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758) (Trichiuridae) from Makran coast (northeast Arabian Sea)
Ribbonfishes are typical inmates of pelagic waters of the world oceans and it is a cosmopolitan species (Parin, 1968., 1988; Nakamura and Parin, 1993). It is a slim, commercially important marine species of Pakistan. Ribbonfish are spread in the IndoPacific and Atlantic areas as well as throughout the Indian coast with plenty in the northwest and central east coasts (Nair and Prakasan, 2003). They belong to the family Trichiuridae and are represented in Pakistani waters by two species namely, Trichiurus lepturus, and Lepturacanthus savala .These species are found all over the year but the abundant species in Pakistan is T. lepturus (Bianchi, 1985).
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Contribution biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Subjects: | Length-weight relationship, Ribbon fish, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/12235 |
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| Summary: | Ribbonfishes are typical inmates of pelagic waters of the world oceans and it is a cosmopolitan species (Parin, 1968., 1988; Nakamura and Parin, 1993). It is a slim, commercially important marine species of Pakistan. Ribbonfish are spread in the IndoPacific and Atlantic areas as well as throughout the Indian coast with plenty in the northwest and central east coasts (Nair and Prakasan, 2003). They belong to the family Trichiuridae and are represented in Pakistani waters by two species namely, Trichiurus lepturus, and Lepturacanthus savala .These species are found all over the year but the abundant species in Pakistan is T. lepturus (Bianchi, 1985). |
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