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Notes on the Indian swellshark, Cephaloscyllium silasi (Scyliorhinidae: Carcharhiniformes) from deep waters off the west coast of India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2014

K.V. Akhilesh ,
K.K. Bineesh ,
S.S. Mishra ,
U. Ganga  and
N.G.K. Pillai
K.V. Akhilesh*
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603, Kochi-682 018, Kerala. India
K.K. Bineesh
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603, Kochi-682 018, Kerala. India
S.S. Mishra
Affiliation:
Marine Fish Section, Zoological Survey of India, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata, India-700 016
U. Ganga
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603, Kochi-682 018, Kerala. India
N.G.K. Pillai
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603, Kochi-682 018, Kerala. India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: K.V. Akhilesh, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB No. 1603, Kochi-682 018, Kerala. India email: akhikv@gmail.com
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Abstract

The Indian swellshark Cephaloscyllium silasi is a poorly known deep water scyliorhinid (Carcharhiniformes) shark described from the south-west coast of India (off Kollam). Since the original description, reports of this species are absent due to rarity of specimens. This paper presents the first report of its egg case and also provides detailed morphological data about C. silasi based on recently collected materials.

Keywords

morphologyCephaloscyllium silasiScyliorhinidaeCarcharhiniformesby-catchArabian SeaIndia
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e25
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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