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Devil ray Manta birostris landed at Chennai Fishing Harbour

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Title Devil ray Manta birostris landed at Chennai Fishing Harbour
 
Creator Rajapackiam, S
Gomathy, S
Jaiganesh, P
 
Subject Ray fisheries
 
Description Female devil ray Manta birostris measuring 5.2 m in width, 2.1 m in length, weighing 1050 kg. was landed at Chennai fishing harbour by a mechanised gill net. The devil ray has been reported on 23 occasions along the Indian coast. The landings were mainly during March and April. The devil rays M. birostris were caught mainly by gill net. Maximum number was landed at Tuticorin.
 
Publisher CMFRI, Kochi
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3508/1/22.pdf
Rajapackiam, S and Gomathy, S and Jaiganesh, P (2007) Devil ray Manta birostris landed at Chennai Fishing Harbour. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 191. pp. 29-30.