'Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi'
Abstract
Pandalid shrimp, Plesionika narval (Fabricius,
1787) was recorded from trawl fishing off Kochi
(9°59’ N 76°14’E), Kerala, south-west coast of India.
The specimens were obtained from deep-sea shrimp
trawlers operated at a depth range of 250-300 m.
Samples were collected from the Kalamuku Landing
Centre on 4th April 2014. 14 males and 12 females
in good condition were segregated from the mixed
deep-sea shrimp doscards and their measurements
recorded (Table 1). Body was transparently pinkred
in colour with a pair of sub dorsal and lateral
red margined white stripes extending along almost
entire body length from anterior carapace to
posterior abdomen
