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Table 4 Seasonal landings of Red Listed fin fishes at selected harbours of south west coast of India
Sl. No. Landings
Major Harbours
Kochi
Kollam
Kozhikode
Species Name
Common Name
Pre-Mon Mon Post-Mon Pre-Mon Mon Post-Mon Pre-Mon Mon Post-Mon
1
Ablennes hians
(Valenciennes, 1846)
Flat needle fish
–
–
*
*
*
*
*
–
*
2
Aluterus monoceros
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Unicorn leatherjacket filefish –
–
*
–
–
*
*
–
*
3
Anguilla anguilla
(Linnaeus, 1758)
European eel
*
*
–
–
–
*
*
–
–
4
Arius arius
(Thunberg, 1792)
Threadfin sea catfish
–
*
–
–
–
*
–
–
–
5
Arothron leopardus
(Day, 1878)
Banded leopardblowfish
*
–
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
6
Arothron stellatus
(Anonymous, 1798)
Stellate puffer
–
–
–
*
–
–
–
–
*
7
Carcharhinus melanopterus
(Nardo, 1827)
Blacktip reef shark
–
*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
Cephalopholis miniata
(Forskkal, 1775)
Coral hind
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
9
Chelonodon patoca
(Hamilton, 1822)
Milkspotted puffer
*
–
–
*
–
–
–
*
*
10
Chiloscyllium griseum
(Muller & Henle, 1838)
Grey bamboo shark
–
*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
Chiloscyllium indicum
(Bleeker, 1852)
Ridgebacked bamboo shark –
*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12
Coryphaena equiselis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Pompano dolphinfish
*
–
*
–
–
*
–
–
*
13
Diodon hystrix
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Spot - fin porcupinefish
–
–
–
*
–
*
*
–
*
14
Drepane africana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
African sicklefish
–
–
–
*
–
*
–
–
–
15
Epinephelus chlorostigma
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Brown - spotted reef -cod
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
16
Epinephelus diacanthus
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Spinycheek grouper
–
*
*
–
*
*
–
*
*
17
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
(Forskkal, 1775)
Brown-marbled grouper
–
–
–
–
–
*
–
–
*
18
Epinephelus latifasciatus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) Striped grouper
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
–
*
19
Epinephelus longispinis
(Kner, 1864)
Longspine grouper
–
–
–
–
*
–
–
–
*
20
Epinephelus malabaricus
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Malabar grouper
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
21
Epinephelus merra
(Bloch, 1793)
Honeycomb grouper
–
–
*
–
–
*
–
–
*
22
Epinephelus radiatus
(Day, 1868)
Oblique-banded grouper
–
–
–
–
–
*
–
–
–
23
Epinephelus tauvina
(Forskkal, 1775)
Greasy grouper
–
–
–
–
–
*
–
–
–
24
Epinephelus undulosus
(Valenciennes, 1828)
Wavy-lined grouper
–
–
–
–
–
*
–
–
*
25
Etroplus suratensis
(Bloch, 1790)
Pear Spot Cichlid
*
–
–
–
–
*
–
–
–
