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Occurrence of pelagic thresher shark, Alopias pelagicus (Alopiidae: Laminiformes) from the Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar

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Title Occurrence of pelagic thresher shark, Alopias pelagicus
(Alopiidae: Laminiformes) from the Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar
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Creator Madan,M S
Kanthan,K P
Kannan,K
Sivadas,M
Ranjith,L
 
Subject Occurrence
pelagic thresher shark
Alopias pelagicus
Tuticorin
Gulf of Mannar
 
Description Not Available
The family Alopiidae (thresher sharks) is found
distributed worldwide in tropical and temperate
seas. Alopiidae have one genus and three species
viz., the pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus
Nakamura, 1935, the bigeye thresher, A.
superciliosus (Lowe, 1839) and the common
thresher, A. vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788). On 20th
June, 2013 a single specimen of A. pelagicus (Sex:
female; total length: 270 cm; weight: 3000 g) was
landed in by large meshed drift gillnet (“Paruvalai”)
operated from fishing craft (“Vallam”) in
Tharuvaikulam fish landing centre. The gear was
operated between 100 and 150 m depth, at a
distance of 60 nautical miles from the coast. The
specimen was photographed and morphometric
measurements were made with a measuring tape
to the nearest centimeter and weight was taken to
the nearest gram. The species identification was
carried out based on Compagno (1984).
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Date 2021-09-16T09:18:08Z
2021-09-16T09:18:08Z
2013
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/63240
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute