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Smallest whale shark recorded

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Title Smallest whale shark recorded
 
Creator CMFRI, Kochi
 
Subject Shark fisheries
 
Description Juvenile of the whale shark, Rlwicodon typos Smith, the largest living fish (18 m
TL) in the oceans and a species under
threat included in the IUCN Red List
(2000) was entangled in the gill net set
for sardines by about 0600 hrs on 26
December at Vizhinjam fish landing
centre.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2002
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6623/1/Smallest_whale_shark.pdf
CMFRI, Kochi (2002) Smallest whale shark recorded. CMFRI Newsletter No.96 July- December 2002, 96. p. 3.