First Record of the Keeltail Pomfret Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann, 1887) (Teleostei: Perciformes: Bramidae) from the South-Eastern Arabian Sea

• Published in: Thalassas : revista de ciencias del mar Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 87 - 92
• Main Authors: Roul, Subal Kumar, Retheesh, T. B., Akhil, A. R., Prakasan, D., Ganga, U., Abdussamad, E. M., Rohit, Prathibha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.04.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Coastal environments; Coastal Sciences; Deep sea; Deep sea environments; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Fisheries; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Harbors; Harbours; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Marine fishes; Meristic counts; Morphometry; New records; Oceanography; Taractes rubescens; Arabian Sea; India; Highly migratory; Oceanodromus species and sea knolls; Mesopelagic fish
• ISSN: 0212-5919; 2366-1674
• DOI: 10.1007/s41208-017-0041-2

Present study reports the first record of the keeltail pomfret, Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Evermann 1887) in the south-eastern Arabian Sea based on four specimens collected from the Cochin Fisheries Harbour, Kerala, India. The results of the comparative morphometric and meristic analysis of the present and previous records are presented here. This study revealed the first record of T. rubescens in south-eastern Arabian Sea extending its known geographical range by more than 2000 km in southward direction from the Oman Coast. Further, it is an addition to the deep sea ichthyofaunal biodiversity of the west coast of India.