First report of four deep-sea chondrichthyans (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) from Andaman waters, India with an updated checklist from the region

First report of four deep-sea chondrichthyans (Elasmobranchii and Holocephali) from Andaman waters, India with an updated checklist from the region

This paper confirms the new distributional records of four rare deep-water chondrichthyans viz. sharpnose sevengill shark, Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788); bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788); bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788); and sicklefin chimae...

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Main Authors: R.R. Kumar, S. Venu, K.V. Akhilesh, K.K. Bineesh, P.T. Rajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-09-01
Series:Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
Subjects:
deep-sea
Chondrichthyes
new record
morphometry
Online Access:https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26822/download/pdf/

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