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Observations on whale shark Rhineodon typus (Smith) caught at Pamban, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar

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Title Observations on whale shark Rhineodon typus (Smith) caught
at Pamban, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Kasinathan, C
Muniyandi, K
Bose, M
Gandhi, A
 
Subject Shark fisheries
 
Description A male whale shark Rhineodon typus of 688 cm in total length caught in a No.4 gill net was
landed on 20-01 -2001 at Pamban light house landing centre. The whale shark was estimated to
weigh around 1.5 tonnes.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Cochin Unit
 
Date 2002
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3643/1/Article_10.pdf
Kasinathan, C and Muniyandi, K and Bose, M and Gandhi, A (2002) Observations on whale shark Rhineodon typus (Smith) caught at Pamban, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 174. pp. 12-13.