An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
Author
Yennawar, Prasanna
Author
Mohapatra, Anil
Author
Tudu, Prasad Chandra
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2017
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Trachinocephalus myops
(Forster, 1801)
Bluntnose lizardfish (Figure 7)
Material examined
: 1 ex, 10.02.12, Mohana, Reg. No.
MARC
/ZSI/ F2287.
Description
: Body elongate and tubular. Mouth very oblique; snout short. A series of longitudinal stripes, alternating blue and yellow cover back and sides; belly pale yellow or gold. A large, dark, oblique spot at upper corner of gill cover. Distal parts of dorsal and caudal fins dusky; other fins pale yellowish.
Distribution
: Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate waters with the exception of the eastern Pacific and the northeast Atlantic north of
Cape
Blanc, Africa.
Remarks
: The fish is minor commercial important. Size:
40 cm
.