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Champsodon vorax and Champsodon nudivittis, two new records from the north-eastern Arabian Sea (Perciformes, Champsodontidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

Menachem Goren*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Upendra Ganga
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB 1603, Ernakulam North PO, Cochin 682 018, Kerala, India
Thomas P. Jinesh
Affiliation:
Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, PB 1603, Ernakulam North PO, Cochin 682 018, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Goren, Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Two species of Champsodon (Champsodontidae)—C. vorax and C. nudivittis were collected for the first time from the northern Arabian Sea at a depth of 282–393 m. This finding significantly expands the known distribution of the two species and supports the suggestion that the recent finding of both species in the eastern Mediterranean is due to their migration through the Suez Canal.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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