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Report of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin washed ashore

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Title Report of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin washed ashore
 
Creator Sakthivel, M
Devaki, A
Tamilmani, G
Ramesh Kumar, P
Jayakumar, R
Nazar, A K A
 
Subject Dolphins
 
Description A dead female Indo-pacific humpback dolphin,Sousa chinensis was washed ashore at Chathiramnear Mandapam, Gulf of Mannar on 26 June 2016.Morphological features including teeth pattern wererecorded (Table 1). Necropsy findings did not revealany abnormalities. As the animal was lean andemaciated with a blubber thickness of only 2.0 cm,the cause of death might be related nutritional ordisease factors.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2016
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/11424/1/MFIS-11.pdf
Sakthivel, M and Devaki, A and Tamilmani, G and Ramesh Kumar, P and Jayakumar, R and Nazar, A K A (2016) Report of an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin washed ashore. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (228). p. 22. ISSN 0254-380 X