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Seasonal abundance of ‘Ghol’, Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepede, 1802) at Bassien koliwada, Maharashtra

author(s) Sundaram - Sujit - Das - Thakur - Chavan - B B - Kalbate - B G
from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
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Sundaram et al., 'Seasonal abundance of ‘Ghol’, Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepede, 1802) at Bassien koliwada, Maharashtra', Marine Fisheries Information Service T&E Ser, vol. 196, 16-17, CMFI kochi, 2008

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Abstract

Protonibea diacanthus, locally known as ‘Ghol’ is one of the commercially important fishes of northwest coast of India. The swim bladder of Ghol, after sun drying, is processed into clarifying agent for the beverage industry. The bladder of this species fetches a very high market price owing to its excellent quality

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