Elagatis bipinnulata commonly called rainbow runners of the family Carangidae is a fish species found usually at or near the surface over reefs or sometimes far offshore in the Indian waters. They are caught occasionaly by hooks and line and gill nets

Burayya, N

Suryanarayana, Y V S

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< # ^ m VEIPSDF SLODIOUSSEOnCE ID THE / Mtriiiii^ ILU 'Wl MARINE FISHERIES INFORMATION SERVICE 1947-1996 ,o p. T T ^ TECHNICAL AND ^ c i t EXTENSION SERIES ^ ^ ^ -H^ijO i4 jR^^chl CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES 3 T 5 ^ ^ T ^ ^FteTFT RESEARCH INSTITUTE <=b1PcH, ^^ TTTcT COCHIN, INDIA •HHdlil "^rfw 3TTHSTPT MRMC^ INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH 870 On the rare occurrence of Elagatis bipinnulata off Kakinada coast Elagatis bipinnulata commonly called rainbow run-ners of the family Carangidae is a fish species found usually at or near the surface over reefs or sometimes far offshore in the Indian waters. They are caught occa-sionaly by hooks and line and gill nets. These fishes are reported to attain a maximum length of 120 cm with a weight of 9.5 kg. Biological information on this species along the Indian coast is lacking. An exclusive catch of 437 specimens of the fish wei-ghing 128 kg caught in a pelagic gill net (Naravala) with 6 cm mesh size was landed at the Kakinada Fishe-ries Harbour on 6.2.1998. The fish, not common along the Andhra coast were caught off Uppada at a depth of 16 m about 12 km away from the Kakinada Fisheries Harbour towards the northeastern side. All the fishes caught were juveniles characterised with an elongate almost fusiform body (Fig. 1). The Fig. 1. Elagatis bipinnulata landed at Kakinada Fisheries Harbour. anal fin possessed 2 spines with detached two rayed fln-let. Caudal peduncle was devoid of scutes. Colour was dark-olive blue above and white below. Fins were dark with olive or yellowish tint. The length of fishes ranged between 32 and 42 cm with dominant size groups at 35-40 cm. The total catch weighted about 128 kg and 21 was sold at the rate of Rs. 7.50 per kg. Reported by N. Burayya and Y.V.S. Suryanarayana, Kaki-nada Research Centre of CMFRI, Kakinada, India. 22 

On the rare occurrence of Elagatis bipinnulata off Kakinada coast.

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On the rare occurrence of Elagatis bipinnulata off Kakinada coast.

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