Can anyone identify the fishes? collected from Trash fish dumped from discards of trawlers.
1. Angler
2. Pipe fish
Sir, first one is the Indian frog fish possibly Antennarius sp. (indicus??) Schultz, 1964
Regards
Prakash
The first one is an anglerfish (family Antennaridae); it is impossible to identify the species properly without seeing morphological details, including the esca. The colour pattern is highly variable in these species; therefore it cannot be identified just from the photograph. Several species of the family occur off the coasts of India, including Antennarius coccineus, A. commerson, A. dorehensis, A. hispidus, A. indicus, A. maculatus, A. nummifer, A. pictus, A. striatus, Antennatus tuberosus, Histrio histrio.
The second fish is a pipefish (family Syngnathidae), most probably Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker 1857).
Dear Prakash and Dr Fricke, thank you for your information. We will try to study the morphological characters more closely with identification keys.
Dr. Mithra, yes, I will try to send you clear images in a couple of days. Thanks for the interest.
First one is Antennarius genus,,,,, we need morphology data for specie level identification.
Second one is Trachyrhamphus sp. caudal fin morphology data required for further analysis.
Thanks Sachin, we are processing the identification characters..
Congurgularıons for your study..I need more photos in detail..
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