Scientific, popular and local names of common marine living resources along the Coromandal coast with special reference to finfishes and shellfishes

Coromandal coast plays an important role in augmenting the marine fish production of the state, landing a large variety of finfishes and shellfishes. Scientific, popular and local names of fin and shell-fishes are highly useful to those interested in general and fishing industry in particular. A total of 192 species of fishes and 116 species of shellfishes have been dealt with In this study besides the different species of other animal and plant groups