Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913821

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scientific name

Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)
status

 

6. Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) View in CoL

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.

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