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Title: | On the occurrence of sting-ray spines in the jaws and gills of the hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus) |
Other Titles: | Not Available |
Authors: | Nair,R V James,D B |
ICAR Data Use Licennce: | Not Available |
Author's Affiliated institute: | Not Available |
Published/ Complete Date: | 1972 |
Project Code: | Not Available |
Keywords: | sting-ray jaws gill hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena |
Citation: | Not Available |
Series/Report no.: | Not Available |
Abstract/Description: | It is well-known that sharks ate voracious feeders and prey upon a wide variety of marine animals such as planktonic crustaceans, crabs, molluscs, fishes, turtles and seals. White examining a specimen of Sphyrnra zygaena (Linnaeus) measuring 3'86 metres in total length (Photo I) which was caught off Tuticorin at 40 fathoms depth by long line on 22nd April, 1971, several spines of sting-rays were found in the ja\vs and gills (Photo 2). The spines occurred in ooth jaws of S. 'Zygaena but most of them were found in the upper jaw and they were observed to have pierced the jaws and gills deeply. |
Description: | Not Available |
Type(s) of content: | Article |
Sponsors: | Not Available |
Language: | English |
Name of Journal: | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
Volume No.: | 69 |
Page Number: | 432-434 |
Name of the Division/Regional Station: | Not Available |
Source, DOI or any other URL: | https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8409/1/jbnhs_vol.69.2_RV_NAIR.pdf |
URI: | http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/54749 |
Appears in Collections: | FS-CMFRI-Publication |
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