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CIBA achieves captive breeding of Mangrove Red Snapper
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The fish species can grow to marketable size of 300 to 500 gm, says official
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The fish species can grow to marketable size of 300 to 500 gm, says official
After continuous efforts for five years, the Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) in Chennai has succeeded in developing broodstock and seed production technology of Mangrove Red Snapper, a fish species with good commercial value.
Known as ‘Seppili’ in Tamil, ‘Chemballi’ in Malayalam and ‘Tagoo/Thundava’ in Telugu, Mangrove Red Snapper is distributed in Indo-West Pacific waters and is a fast-growing species. The market price is between ₹400 and ₹600 per kg.
Both species are strikingly bright pink in color and occur at a depth of 200-400 m (650-1,300 feet), and both are widely found across the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Although they look remarkably similar,
Etelis boweni grows much bigger than the other, sometimes more than 1 m (3 feet) in length.
The new species also has smaller eyes and a black spot on the tip of its upper tail fin.
“It is similar to and was often misidentified as
Etelis carbunculus, with both species sharing the diagnostic character of low number of developed gill rakers,” explained Dr. Kim Andrews from the University of Idaho and her colleagues.
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