First record of the crocodile shark Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes) in the coastal waters of Andhra Pradesh, India-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First record of the crocodile shark Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes) in the coastal waters of Andhra Pradesh, India

Published:2023-10-22 Issue:2 Volume:32 Page:217-222
ISSN:2410-0226
Container-title:Zoosystematica Rossica
language:en
Short-container-title:Zoosystematica Rossica

Author:

Silambarasan K.¹^ORCID,Kar A.B.¹^ORCID,Prasad G.V.A.¹^ORCID,Pattnayak S.K.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Fishery Survey of India, Fishing Harbour, Beach road, Visakhapatnam 530001, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

The crocodile shark Pseudocarcharias kamoharai is recorded for the first time from the Visakhapatnam waters, Andhra Pradesh, India, based on three female specimens collected in December 2017 from commercial gillnetters. The morphological, morphometric and meristic characteristics of the specimens are provided in the present paper.

Publisher

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Insect Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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