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Albinism in Engraved catfish from Northeast Arabian Sea
In Maharashtra, catfishes form 2.3% of fishery landings
and is dominated by ariid catfishes. The major species
supporting the fishery include Osteogeneiosus militaris,
Plicofolis tenuispinis, P. dussumieri, Nemapteryx caelata
and Netuma thalassina. In October 2018, two albino
specimens of the Engraved cattfish Nemapteryx caelata
(measuring 37 and 40 cm in Total Length, TL) was collected
from the landings of a commercial trawler operated off
Mumbai at 50 m depths (Fig.1). Though an estimated
2.7 tonnes of catfishes were landed in the same week,
additional albino specimens were not observed. Albinism
or lack of pigmentation is caused by a disorder in an
enzyme that controls melanin metabolism. Albinism in
marine fishes has been sparsely reported and documented
and reports from India indicate most of them are from
the northern Arabian Sea. Both albino specimens of the
Engraved catfish N.caelata mentioned in the current
report are retained in the museum collections of ICARCMFRI
at Mumbai
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) from coastal waters of Maharashtra, Arabian Sea
Report of Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) from coastal waters of Maharashtra, Arabian Se