New records of two jellyfish medusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Catostylidae: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae) from Pakistani waters

Synopsis of edible jellyfishes collected from Southeast Asia, with notes on jellyfish fisheries

“…Although Catostylus mosaicus sensu Tahera & Kazmi (2006) which has six mouth-arms has been reported from Pakistani waters, we did not include the species into the following key. Recently, C. mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard) has been divided into two subspecies, C. mosaicus mosaicus and C. mosaicus conservativus, by Dawson (2005).…”

Occurrence and temporal variation in the size-frequency distribution of2 bloom-forming jellyfishes, Catostylus perezi (L. Agassiz, 1862) and Rhizostoma pulmo (Cuvier, 1800), in the Indus Delta along the coast of Sindh, Pakistan

“…Catostylus perezi occurred at all 3 sites, while R. pulmo was found only at Keti Bunder. Earlier, the occurrence of C. mosaicus (which is now identified as C. perezi) and R. pulmo along the Sindh coast had also been reported by Tahera and Kazmi (2008) and Muhammad and Sultana (2008). The blooms of jellyfish C. perezi were evident at all 3 sites during the January to August period, while those of R. pulmo were seen during February to July at Keti Bunder only.…”

Jellyfish fishery in Pakistan

“…with an annual catch of [2007][2008][2009], is mentioned in the handbook (Table 1), and it lacks any information about the destination of the processed jellyfish products. So far, there is just one report (Muhammed & Sultana 2008) that documents Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778) as an edible jellyfish in Pakistan and points out that the previouslyreported Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (see Tahera & Kazmi 2006) is another commercially important jellyfish in Pakistan. However, recent studies (Gul & Morandini 2013, 2015 have revealed that these records were based upon erroneous identifications.…”