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TABLES

Table 1. Pelagic trawl catches. R/V “Dr Fridtjof Nansen”, Pelagic fish survey in the Republic of Djibouti EEZ, March 1981.

Table 2. Bottom trawl catches. R/V “Dr Fridtjof Nansen”, Pelagic fish survey in the Republic of Djibouti EEZ, March 1981.

Station Number

108

114

116

Date

3.3

4.3

4.3

Hour start (30 minutes hauls)

0735

1020

2305

Position


N

11°38’

12°35’

11°38’

E

43°13’

43°15’

43°14’

Depth. (m)

29

41

29

Catch per hour (kg)


1030

180

428

Total catch (kg)


515

90

214

ARIIDAE

Arius (thalassinus)



2.00

BALISTIDAE

Abalistes stellatus

+


0.80

CARANGIDAE



Decapterus maruadsi (russelli)



0.40

Scomberoides lysan

1.00



Selar crumenophthalmus



14.80

CLUPEIDAE


Dussumieria acuta

1.00


1.00

Sardinella (gibbosa)

1.00


0.80

ECHENEIDAE

Echeneis naucrates



0.20

FISTULARIIDAE

Fistularia villosa

+



GERREIDAE

Gerres filamentosus

3.00


0.20

LEIOGNATHIDAE



Gazza minuta

90.00


26.40

Leiognathus equulus

325.00


1.60

Leiognathus (leuciscus)

1.00


0.20

MULLIDAE

Upeneus sulphureus

2.50



NEMIPTERIDAE

Nemipterus japonicus

12.00


20.80

PLATYCEPHALIDAE

Platycephalus sp.

+


0.40

PSETTODIDAE

Psettodes erumei

5.00


0.30

SCOMBRIDAE


Rastrelliger kanagurta



0.40

Scomberomorus commerson

1.00



SPHYRAENIDAE



Sphyraena jello

+


1.40

Sphyraena obtusata

+


0.40

Sphyraena putnamiae

+



SYNODONTIDAE

Saurida tumbil

5.00


30.00

TETRAODONTIDAE

Gastrophysus lunaris

3.00


1.80

THERAPONIDAE


Therapon jarbua

+ 10.00


0.20

Therapon theraps

+ 10.00


13.00

TRICHIURIDAE

Trichiurus lepturus

3.50


1.80

CARCHARHINIDAE



Carcharhinus albimarginatus


90.00


Carcharhinus limbatus



13.10

(unidentidied juveniles)

2.00


0.20

SPHYRNIDAE

Sphyrna sp.

8.00



MYLIOBATIDAE

-

40.00


80.00

Cephalopoda

(cuttlefish)



0.30

Crustacea


Penaeus sp.

1.00


1.75

Thenus orientalis



0.20


Table 3. Length frequency distributions, 1 cm units. R/V “Dr Fridtjof Nansen”, Pelagic fish survey in the Republic of Djibouti EEZ, March 1981.

FAMILY
Species

Stn
No.

N

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

CARANGIDAE

Selar

110

9







4

5








crumenophthalmus

116

58





2

2

15

29

9

1






LEIOGNATHIDAE

Gazza minuta

116

23

6

16

1













SPHYRAENIDAE

Sphyraena obtusata

110

37










2

1

16

14

2

2


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