Redescription of Bleekeria kallolepis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Chennai, eastern Indian Ocean | Zendy

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Redescription of Bleekeria kallolepis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Ammodytidae) from Chennai, eastern Indian Ocean

Author(s) -

Akhilesh KV,

Yousuf KSSM,

Shoba Joe Kizhakudan,

Zacharia P.U.

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

acta ichthyologica et piscatoria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1734-1515

pISSN - 0137-1592

DOI - 10.3750/aiep/02456

Subject(s) - actinopterygii , perciformes , morphometrics , type locality , indian ocean , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , geography , zoology , biology , taxonomy (biology) , oceanography , geology

The yellow-striped sandlance, Bleekeria kallolepis Gunther, 1862, is a poorly known ammodytid fish from the eastern Indian Ocean, known from fewer than five specimens. No detailed description or colour images of B. kallolepis have previously been available. We hereby provide a short taxonomic account of the species from its type locality Chennai, India with morphometrics and colour description

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