Colletteichthys occidentalis, a new Toadfish Species from the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Arabian Sea (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3165 (1) ◽  
pp. 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVID W. GREENFIELD
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
The Other ◽  
The West ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
Northern Arabian Sea

The second known species in the genus Colletteichthys is described from the Arabian Peninsula and the northern ArabianSea, supporting the validity of the genus Colletteichthys. Compared to the other known species, C. dussumieri from India,C. occidentalis has only a single tentacle above the eye whereas C. dussumieri has two or more. Colletteichtyhs dussumieri is restricted to the west coast of India.

Origin of calcium in marine aerosol over the arabian sea near the west Coast of India

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Medha S. Naik ◽  
L.T. Khemani ◽  
G.A. Momin ◽  
P.S. Prakasa Rao ◽  
P.D. Safai
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Marine Aerosol ◽  
The West ◽  
West Coast Of India

scholarly journals Longtail tuna fisheries in the northern Arabian Sea off the north-west coast of India: Moving towards developing spatially explicit fisheries management strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Mohammed Koya ◽  
Prathibha Rrohit ◽  
E.M. Abdussamad ◽  
Vinay Kumar Vase ◽  
A.P. Dineshbabu
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Western Indian Ocean ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
North West ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Arabian Sea ◽  
Tuna Fisheries ◽  
Longtail Tuna

Longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol, Bleeker, 1851), the largest growing species among neritic tunas have a unique distribution pattern globally. Northern Arabian Sea together with the Oman Sea and Persian Gulf in the north-western Indian Ocean is considered to be the major area where the species is abundant and form sizeable fisheries globally. India has an artisanal tuna fishery and contributes nearly 10% of the longtail tuna landing in the region, with Gujarat alone contributing nearly 80%. The paper updates on the longtail tuna fisheries in the region with focus on the north-west coast of India together with its spatial characteristics. Clues on the areas of abundance of the species along Gujarat coast over the seasons and temporal movements of different ontogenetic stages in the shelf areas are revealed. The study sets prelude to a cost effective and participatory collection of spatially referred data on the artisanal and small scale fisheries in the region.

scholarly journals Observational Evidence of Summer Shamal Swells along the West Coast of India*

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnson Glejin ◽  
V. Sanil Kumar ◽  
T. M. Balakrishnan Nair ◽  
Jai Singh ◽  
Prakash Mehra
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Southwest Monsoon ◽  
Sea Waves ◽  
The West ◽  
Monsoon Period ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
Wind Sea ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Abstract Wave data collected off Ratnagiri, which is on the west coast of India, in 2010 and 2011 are used to examine the presence of the summer shamal swells. This study also aims to understand variations in wave characteristics and associated modifications in wind sea propagation at Ratnagiri. Wind data collected using an autonomous weather station (AWS), along with Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) and NCEP data, are used to identify the presence of summer shamal winds along the west coast of the Indian subcontinent and on the Arabian Peninsula. NCEP and ASCAT data indicate the presence of summer shamal winds over the Arabian Peninsula and northwesterly winds at Ratnagiri. This study identifies the presence of swells from the northwest that originate from the summer shamal winds in the Persian Gulf and that reach Ratnagiri during 30% of the summer shamal period. AWS data show the presence of northwest winds during May and southwest winds during the strong southwest monsoon period (June–August). Another important factor identified at Ratnagiri that is associated with the summer shamal events is the direction of wind sea waves. During the onset of the southwest monsoon (May), the sea direction is in the direction of swell propagation (northwest); however, during the southwest monsoon (June–August), a major part of the wind sea direction is from the southwest. The average occurrence of summer shamal swells is approximately 22% during the southwest monsoon period. An increase in wave height is observed during June and July at Ratnagiri due to the strong summer shamal event.

Contamination of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sarkar ◽  
R. Nagarajan ◽  
S. Chaphadkar ◽  
S. Pal ◽  
S.Y.S. Singbal
Keyword(s):  
Organochlorine Pesticides ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
The West ◽  
West Coast Of India

A ‘Persian Gulf’ Seal from Lothal

Antiquity ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 37 (146) ◽  
pp. 96-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Rao
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
The Other ◽  
Indus Civilization ◽  
The West ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Gulf Islands ◽  
Trade Route ◽  
The Persian Gulf

Lothal is an important harbour-town of the Indus Civilization at the head of the Gulf of Cambay on the west coast of India (FIG. 1). During the recent excavations there, a circular steatite seal has been found which is neither wholly Indian nor Sumerian in workmanship (PL. IX). On the other hand, it closely resembles the seals from the Persian Gulf islands found by the Danish expedition led by Professor Glob and Dr Bibby. Sir Mortimer Wheeler has named them 'Persian Gulf' seals which, according to him, 'appear to have been made at the various entrepôts (such as Bahrain itself) of a cosmopolitan Persian Gulf trade of the kind which has been analyzed by A. L. Oppenheim from Larsa tablets' (note I). Commenting on these seals, the late Col. D. H. Gordon wrote: 'The problem of Bahrain is a very interesting and important one, and it is possible that these seals may help to solve it. Some day such seals may come to light in India, but so far they have not; Bahrain may have been Dilmun and it was almost certainly an entrepôt on the trade route to India, and so it is possible that seals of this kind were carried on to the Indus or to ports in Kathiawad and will some day be found in those localities, though this will not necessarily make them Indian or even of Indian style' (note 2). The hope expressed by Gordon has now been fulfilled by the discovery of a 'Persian Gulf' seal at Lothal, thus providing the first real evidence of trade contacts between India and the Persian Gulf.

scholarly journals “Shamal” swells in the Arabian Sea and their influence along the west coast of India

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Aboobacker ◽  
P. Vethamony ◽  
R. Rashmi
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
The West ◽  
West Coast Of India

scholarly journals Diversity and new records of intertidal hermit crabs of the genus Clibanarius (Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Gujarat coast off the northern Arabian Sea, with two new records for the mainland Indian coastline

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 10334
Author(s):  
Pradip Kachhiya ◽  
Jatin Raval ◽  
Paresh Poriya ◽  
Rahul Kundu
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
New Records ◽  
Hermit Crabs ◽  
Gujarat State ◽  
The West ◽  
West Coast Of India ◽  
Northern Arabian Sea ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Intertidal Habitats ◽  
Gujarat Coast

The present study reports seven hermit crab species of the genus Clibanarius, viz., C. infraspinatus, C. longitarsus, C. rhabdodactylus, C. rutilus, C. signatus, C. virescens, and C. zebra, from the intertidal zone of Gujarat State on the west coast of India.  With the exception of C. zebra, the remaining six species are the first records from the west coast of India, and two species, C. rutilus and C. rhabdodactylus are new records from mainland India.  All the recorded species were found inhabiting rocky, sandy and muddy intertidal habitats.  We have appended the diagnostic descriptions and live coloration of all species based on the observations of our voucher specimens.  Comments are provided where they differ slightly from the published records of that species, enriching the available identification keys for the intertidal hermit crabs of the Indian Ocean.

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