Finfish Constituents of Trawl By-catch off Visakhapatnam

Abstract

228 species belonging to 68 families have been identified as constituting the low yafue finfish byotch landed by small trawlers based at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh,'India. Four species listed viz., Myrophis lepturus, Uranoscopus bicinctus, U. oligolepis , and Lagocephalus guentheri are reported as new records from Indian waters.