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Long-beaked common dolphin beached off Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh

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Title Long-beaked common dolphin beached off Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Maharshi, V Ashok
Behera, Pralaya Ranjan
Edward, Loveson
Jeyabaskaran, R
Ghosh, Shubhadeep
Prakash, Raghu
 
Subject Dolphins
 
Description A dead dolphin was washed ashore at Bethalapuram, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh on 17th June 2020.
Based on morphological features, it was identified as Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis Gray, 1828 (Fig.1). Characterized by a slender body and a long beak
separated by a crease from the melon. It has a long and thin rostrum with 49 numbers of small, sharp teeth on each
side of each jaw.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2021
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15117/1/MFIS_247_Ashok%20Maharshi_2021.pdf
Maharshi, V Ashok and Behera, Pralaya Ranjan and Edward, Loveson and Jeyabaskaran, R and Ghosh, Shubhadeep and Prakash, Raghu (2021) Long-beaked common dolphin beached off Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 247. p. 37. ISSN ISSN 0254-380X (Submitted)