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First report of the shortfin mako sharks Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) in commercial landings at Madras Fisheries Harbour

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Title First report of the shortfin mako sharks Isurus oxyrinchus
(Rafinesque, 1810) in commercial landings at Madras Fisheries Harbour
 
Creator Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe
Rajapackiam, S
Yousuf, K S S M
Vasu, R
 
Subject New record
Shark fisheries
Fish landing
 
Description A pair of shortfin mako sharks Isurus oxyrinchus,
locally named “singapal sorrah” were landed at
Madras Fisheries Harbour by a mechanished
gillnetter on 19.07.2012. The shortfin mako is an
epipelagic species found in tropical and warmtemperate
seas from the surface down to at least
500 m. Although it is known to be distributed in the
Bay of Bengal, it is rarely found to occur in the
fishery off the north Tamil Nadu coast. The present
specimens are first record of mako sharks
occurrence in Chennai waters.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9490/1/18.pdf
Kizhakudan, Shoba Joe and Rajapackiam, S and Yousuf, K S S M and Vasu, R (2013) First report of the shortfin mako sharks Isurus oxyrinchus (Rafinesque, 1810) in commercial landings at Madras Fisheries Harbour. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical & Extension Series (216). p. 19.