Novel records of three remoras from Andaman and Nicobar waters, India
Swapnil Shivdas SHIRKE Fishery Survey of India, Mumbai Base, New Fishing harbour, Sasoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai-400005, India
Nashad MUSALIYARAKAM Fishery Survey of India, Port Blair Base, Phoenix Bay Fisheries Jetty, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.
Sijo P. VARGHESE Fishery Survey of India, Cochin Base, Post Box 853, Kochagady, Cochin-682005, Kerala, India
Mohamed HATHA Deptartment of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India
Monalisha Devi SUKHAM Fishing Technology Division, Central Institute of Fishing Technology, ICAR, CIFT Mumbai Research Centre, Mumbai-400703, India
Ramalingam LAKSHMANAPERUMAL Fishery Survey of India, New Fishing Jetty, Sassoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai-400005, India.
Abstract
Present study reports three remoras viz. marlin sucker Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829), spearfish remora. R. brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) and white suckerfish, R. albescens (Temminck and Schlegel, 1850) from Andaman and Nicobar waters. Remora brachyptera was found attached on the body surface of Indo pacific sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) hooked in tuna longline operated in and around Andaman and Nicobar waters and R. osteochir was collected from the body surface of Indo-Pacific blue marlin Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901). While R. albescens was recovered from the gill chamber of devil fish Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788) and it is a new host and geographic record for R. albescens. Detailed morphological description and comparison with earlier records were provided.
