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First record of the marbled electric ray, Torpedo sinuspersici off Gujarat, north-west coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2013

Jigneshkumar Trivedi  and
Kauresh D. Vachhrajani
Jigneshkumar Trivedi
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Laboratory, Division of Environment and Toxicology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Kauresh D. Vachhrajani*
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Laboratory, Division of Environment and Toxicology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K.D. Vachhrajani, Division of Environment and Toxicology, Department of Zoology Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara-390002, Gujarat, India email: kauresh@gmail.com
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Abstract

One female specimen of Torpedo sinuspersici was collected from the trawl catch along the Saurashtra coast of Junagadh district, Gujarat, India. Although a total 486 species of marine fish have been identified so far from the State, the present paper describes the first record of T. sinuspersici from the coast of Gujarat State of India.

Keywords

Torpedo sinuspersiciSaurashtra coastGujaratIndiaelectric ray fish
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e94
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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