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First record of the slender ponyfish Equuilites elongatus from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2011

N. Jayabalan ,
Shama Zaki  and
Lubna Al-Kharusi
N. Jayabalan*
Affiliation:
Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, PO Box 427, PC 100, Muscat, Oman
Shama Zaki
Affiliation:
Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, PO Box 427, PC 100, Muscat, Oman
Lubna Al-Kharusi
Affiliation:
Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, PO Box 427, PC 100, Muscat, Oman
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Jayabalan, Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Fisheries Wealth, PO Box 427, PC 100, Muscat, Oman email: maljaya2@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Six specimens of the slender ponyfish Equuilites elongatus were collected from a bottom trawl net operated by the RV ‘Al-Mustaqila 1’ on the Arabian Sea coast of Oman during August and September 2008. This report indicates the extension to the distribution-range of the species to the north-western Indian Ocean region.

Keywords

Equuilites elongatusArabian SeaOman
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 3 , June 2010 , e125
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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