Fish Watcher Record
Contributor: M. Thangaraj | ID: 1003
Country: India
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Species: Hippocampus mohnikei
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Locality:* Palk Bay
Type: Shelf
Salinity:* marine
Water depth: 5 - 6 m
Latitude:* 10°   20'   N       Latitude (dec): 10.333333333333
Longitude:* 78°   15'   E       Longitude (dec): 78.25
Accuracy: +/- 1°
Country:* India
FAO area:* Indian Ocean, Western
Temp.: 26°C
Date:* 03/04/2005, dd/mm/yyyy
Day time: 15:00 - 17:00 h    e.g. 13:00 - 15:00
Length:* 8 cm     Type:* TL
Weight: g
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely)
Life stage: adults
Sex: female
Gear: Trawl net
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Remark: Earlier, H. mohnikei was reported to occur only in the Japan (Masuda, 1984) and Vietnam (Lourie et al., 1999) waters and hence the occurrence of this species in Palk Bay is interesting to scientific literature.
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