Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)

Yennawar, Prasanna, Mohapatra, Anil & Tudu, Prasad Chandra, 2017, An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (1), pp. 4-4 : 4-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117289
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913889
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scientific name	Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
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22. Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) View in CoL

Cobia (Figure 23)

Materials examined: 4 ex., 26.06.2011; Mohana, Digha; Reg No. MARC /ZSI/F1849 .

Description: D: VII, 26-33; A: II, 22-28. Head broad and depressed. First dorsal fin with short but strong isolated spines, not connected by a membrane. Caudal fin lunate in adults, upper lobe longer than lower. Back and sides dark brown, with 2 sharply defined narrow silvery bands.

Distribution: Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific.

Remarks: The fish has minor commercial value & gamefish. Size: 200 cm.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterigii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Rachycentridae
Genus	Rachycentron

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