Species diversity and basic biology of Octopus from Maharashtra waters, northwest coast of India
Keywords:
Octopus, Biodiversity, Biology, Fishery, MaharashtraAbstract
Octopus diversity was studied from Maharashtra waters during the period January 2000 - December 2017. Eight species were identified and they are Cistopus chinensis Zheng, Lin, Lu and Ma, 2012, ‘Octopus’ tehuelchus d’Orbigny, 1834 [In 1834-1847], Amphioctopus neglectus (Nateewathana and Norman, 1999), Amphioctopus marginatus (Taki, 1964), Macrotritopus defilippi (Verany, 1851), Octopus “vulgaris” type IV Cuvier, 1797, Amphioctopus kagoshimensis (Ortmann, 1888) and Argonauta hians [Lightfoot], 1786. The estimated annual catch in trawl and the catch rate of Octopus (all species combined) for the period 2000-2017 from NFW showed an increasing trend from 2.3 t (2002) to a peak of 501.7 t (2016) and and the corresponding catch rate ranged from 0.001 kg/hr (2002) to 0.155 kg/hr (2016).
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