Yellowstriped Goatfish

distribution

Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 1, 2. — General distribution: Red Sea and East Africa east to Marshall, Society and Marquesas islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia; introduced at Hawaiian Islands. Solitary or in groups, on silt or mud bottoms, 5 – 100 m depth. Marine.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

materials_examined

Status at New Ireland. First recorded from Matanalaua River, New Hanover by Munro (1958: 207). Specimens observed by Jeff Kinch during CFMDP Survey at Kavieng fish market in 2004 – 2005.

Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records

description

In this study, a total of 237 samples were collected randomly from three landing centers. The results of the descriptive statistics are given in Table 1. The findings revealed that the left and right otoliths of U. vittatus are not significantly different in size from one another. For the Mumbai population, the total length, otolith length, otolith width and otolith weight ranged between 10.45 – 21.44 cm, 0.314 – 0.5962 cm, 0.112 – 0.398 cm and 0.0029 – 0.0089 gm, respectively (Table 1). For the Kakinada population, the total length, otolith length, otolith width, and otolith weight were ranged between 11.67 – 17.52 cm, 0.334 – 0.487 cm, 0.212 – 0.304 cm, and 0.0031 – 0.0075 gm, respectively (Table 1). Similarly, for Puri population the total length, otolith length, otolith width and otolith weight were ranged between 11.87 – 16.59 cm, 0.327 – 0.409 cm, 0.208 – 0.272 cm and 0.002 – 0.0099 gm, respectively (Table 1). Puri population had the highest correlation between fish length and otolith weight (R 2 = 0.9101), followed by Kakinada and Mumbai populations (Fig. 4 a, d, g). The maximum correlation between fish length and otolith width was observed in the Kakinada population (R 2 =

Relationship between fish length and otolith dimensions of Yellow striped goatfish, Upeneus vittatus (Forsskal, 1775) along the Indian coast