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| Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875 from Chennai coast. in Kodeeswaran, Praveenraj, ... et Jayakumar, 2021. |
Abstract
The present study provides notes on Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875, a poorly known endemic fish from the Bay of Bengal, Eastern Indian Ocean. The morphometric data and color images are provided herein based on fresh specimens collected from Chennai, south India, its type locality, Bay of Bengal, Eastern Indian Ocean.
Keywords: Velvetfishes, Bycatch, Taxonomy, Chennai
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| Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875 from Chennai coast. Lateral view (a) Fresh specimen (NBFGR/APLCROS.6, 45.1 mm SL); (b) Dark colour variation (NBFGR/APLCROS.1, 40.7 mm TL). |
Family Aploactinidae Jordan & Starks, 1904
Cocotropus Kaup, 1858.
Cocotropus roseus Day, 1875
Paramasivam Kodeeswaran, Jayasimhan Praveenraj, Ronald Fricke, Arumugam Uma and Natarajan Jayakumar. 2021. Notes on the Poorly Known Velvetfish Cocotropus roseus (Scorpaeniformes: Aploactinidae) from the Eastern Indian Ocean. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s41208-021-00306-3
