A perpetuated error concerning the capitaine, Lachnolaimus maximus (Walbaum), in Texas waters.

Date

1944

Authors

Gunter, G.

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Abstract

Many previous reports concerning the commercial fish, Lachnolaimus maximus are in error and actually refer to Orthopristes chrysopterus. This species, and not the former, was harvested at Galveston with some 25,000 pounds per year being recorded around the end of the last century.

Description

p. 55-56.

Keywords

marine fisheries, Lachnolaimus maximus, Orthopristis chrysoptera, distribution records

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