ITS SALTY! NEW FROM KERALA
A group of researchers from Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin has discovered a new species of fish from the sea off the Kollam coast. The new species is named Chelidoperca maculicauda. The researchers involved in the discovery of Chelidoperca maculicauda are E M Abdussamad and N G K Pillai.
Chelidoperca maculicauda represents the third known species in the genus Chelidoperca from the Arabian Sea. It is a new species of Serranid fish and was found out from the bycatch of a commercial deep-sea shrimp trawler operated off Kollam at depths 180-320 m, and landed at Sakthikulangara Fishing harbour.
Researchers said that the combination of caudal fin shape and a unique colour pattern of five red bars on a pinkish body and pale yellow fins with a bright red margin on the anal fin distinguish the new species from other congeners.
Another discovery, Opistognathus pardus, is a jaw fish. This is the fourth species of Opistognathus known from the coast of India or Sri Lanka. The researchers involved in the discovery of Chelidoperca maculicauda are K K Bineesh, K V Akhilesh.
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