A gigantic sized (total length 800 mm) specimen of Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887) was collected in a bottom trawl operated at bathyal depth (1330–1360 m) off the Southwest coast of India. The present study discloses the first distribution record of this very rarely reported deep-sea cod from the Northwestern Indian Ocean, with its morphometric and meristic features.
Occurrence of a rare gigantic sized deep-sea cod Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887) in the Northwestern Indian Ocean
Occurrence of a rare gigantic sized deep-sea cod Lepidion inosimae (Günther, 1887) in the Northwestern Indian Ocean
Vinu Jacob, M. P. Rajeesh Kumar, K. S. Sumod , K. P. Deepa, M. Hashim, V. N. Sanjeevan, M. Sudhakar
(Journal of the Senckenberg Research Institute-
Mar 2016)
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