An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
Author
Yennawar, Prasanna
Author
Mohapatra, Anil
Author
Tudu, Prasad Chandra
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
2017-08-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
2581-8686
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Argyrops spinifer
(Forsskal, 1775) King
soldier bream (Figure 29)
Material examined
: 1 ex, Mohana, Digha; 09.11.11, Reg. no.
MARC
/ZSI/F1971.
Description
: Dorsal spines (total): 11-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Body deep, strongly compressed. Upper profile of head steep and almost straight from upper jaw to eye; eye large; caudal fin deeply emarginate to forked with pointed lobes; the first 2 spines very short, 3rd to 5th spines flattened and much elongated. Body mainly silvery pinkish, darker on head; usually dark red on margin of upper part of opercle; all fins red. Young fish with several vertical red bars on body.
Distribution
: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East
Africa to the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and northern
Australia
.
Remarks
: The fish has a commercial value. Size:
65 cm
.