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The first record of shark attack on the Indo-Pacific hump-back Dolphin, <i>Sousa chinensis</i> (Osbeck, 1765) in Mithapur coast, India

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Title The first record of shark attack on the Indo-Pacific hump-back Dolphin, Sousa chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) in Mithapur coast, India
 
Creator Adhavan, D.
Subburaman, S.
Kamboj, R. D.
Sivakumar, K.
Choudhury, B. C.
 
Subject Dolphin
Shark attack
Mithapur
Gujarat
 
Description 1317-1319
Present report is the documentation of shark attack on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, which was washed ashore at Mithapur coast in Gujarat, India. The crescent shaped tooth impregnation on the deceased dolphin revealed it was attacked by shark. As the animal was injured only in seven places, perhaps, the attack was due to competitive interaction between shark and dolphin. Morphometric measurements and description of the wounds on the dolphin were recorded and documented. This is the first report of shark attack on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin from Gujarat coast.
 
Date 2016-10-18T07:01:34Z
2016-10-18T07:01:34Z
2016-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/35724
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.45(10) [October 2016]