Analysis of meristic characters of the Japanese threadfin bream, Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791) along Indian coast
Analysis of meristic characters of the Japanese threadfin bream, Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791) along Indian coast
Date
2013
Authors
Sreekanth, G.B.
Chakraborty, S.K.
Jaiswar, A.K.
Renjith, R.K.
Pazhayamadom, D.G.
Kamei, G.
Vaisakh, G.
Ail, S.S.
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Publisher
ICAR
Abstract
The Japanese threadfin bream, Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791) is a commercially important demersal fish species
along the Indian coast especially in the maritime states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. In the
present study, 389 samples were collected from four locations i.e., Cochin, Mumbai, Kakinada and Chennai and 15 meristic
characters were recorded and analysed. Wald’s chi-square statistics was used to analyse the meristic characters. Most of
the meristic characters showed no significant difference between locations which depicted the similarity of stock collected
from different locations. However, the counts of gill rakers were found significant and important for differentiating the
populations from these locations
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Keywords
Gill raker count, Japanese threadfin bream, Meristic traits, Nemipterus japonicus
Citation
Indian Journal of Fisheries 2013: 60(4), 119-121