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http://dx.doi.org/10.5657/KFAS.2017.0077

Morphological Description of Three Species of Pufferfishes (Tetraodontidae) from India  

Han, Kyeong-Ho (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Baek, Jeong-Ik (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Shin, Lim-Soo (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Hui-Jin (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Yoon, Byeong-Il (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Hwang, Jae-Ho (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
Lee, Seong-Hoon (Department of Marine Technology, Chonnam National University)
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Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / v.50, no.1, 2017 , pp. 77-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
Three species of pufferfishes (family Tetraodontidae) were examined to determine their morphological characteristics based on meristics, morphometrics, olfactory organs, and lateral line systems of specimens collected from the Chennai Fish Market in Tamil Nadu, India, in December 2016. The three species, which are all previously unreported in Korea, are Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822), Lagocephalus spadiceus (Richardson, 1845), and Arothron immaculatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801). For nostril shape, fishes of the genus Lagocephalus have two nostrils, while Arothron and Chelonodon have none. Fishes of the genera Lagocephalus and Arothron have a single well-developed lateral line on the body, while Chelonodon fishes have two lateral lines that merge on the caudal peduncle.
Keywords
Tetraodontidae; Morphological description; Indian; Pufferfish;
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