A study on some commercial fishes of Nyaw-byin coastal water, Launglone Township, Tanintharyi region, Myanmar
Author
Tun, Myo Min
text
International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies
2021
2021-01-01
9
1
42
46
http://dx.doi.org/10.22271/fish.2021.v9.i1a.2386
journal article
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Drepane punctate
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fig. G)
Body oval and strongly compressed, its depth 1.2 -.
3 inches
SL. Mouth highly protrusible, forming a downward pointing tube when protruded. Caudal fin rounded or bluntly wedge shaped; pectoral fins elongate, falciform, reaching caudal peduncle. Large adults with a bump or bony knob on interorbital region, a result of hyperostosis of frontal ones. Color: generally silvery with a greenish tinge on upper half of body; 5-10 series of black spots arranged in vertical lines on dorsal part of body from below dorsal fin to caudal peduncle.