First record of the Taper-tail ribbonfish Zu elongatus Heemstra & Kannemeyer, 1984 from Indian EEZ
Swapnil Shivdas SHIRKE Fishery Survey of India, Port Blair-744101, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Sethuraman RAMACHANDRAN Fishery Survey of India, Kochangady, Kochi, 682005, India
Hosahalli Divakar PRADEEP, Nashad MUSALIYARAKAM Fishery Survey of India, Port Blair-744101, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Sukham Monalisha DEVI Fisheries Resource Management Division, Central Islands Agriculture Research Institute, ICAR, Port Blair-744105, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Manas Kumar SINHA Fishery Survey of India, Royapuram, Chennai- 600013, India
Abstract
Taper-tail ribbon fish, Zu elongatus is recorded for first time from the Andaman and Nicobar waters of Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). A single specimen of Standard length of 1280 mm and weighing about 2.2 Kg caught by the tuna longliner MFV BLUE MARLIN in November 2015. The specimen was collected at 10°48'6''N and 92°44'08''E at a depth of 408 m. Morphometric and meristic characters of the present specimen are compared in detail with published accounts
