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Stranding of the Risso’s dolphin in the Gulf of Mannar

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14329/
 
Title Stranding of the Risso’s dolphin in the Gulf of
Mannar
 
Creator Sakthivel, M
Tamilmani, G
Ramesh Kumar, P
Anikuttan, K K
Sankar, M
Jayakumar, R
Jeyabaskaran, R
Devaki, A
 
Subject Stranding
Dolphins
Marine Mammals
 
Description The specimen was relatively robust with unique body,
head was blunt without distinct beak. Compared to
other dolphins the forehead was bulging with relatively
more squarish profile than the rounded melon. A
prominent vertical crease on the front side of the
melon was noticed. The dorsal fin was relatively tall and
slender with a pointed tip. The flippers were relatively
long. The upper jaw had only one pair of worn teeth
and the lower jaw had six pairs of worn-down teeth.
With the available morphometric information including
the absence of beak, blunt-head and its overall size,
with its bulk ahead of the dorsal fin, it was identified as Grampus griseus.
 
Publisher ICAR - Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2019
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14329/1/MFIS_240_8.pdf
Sakthivel, M and Tamilmani, G and Ramesh Kumar, P and Anikuttan, K K and Sankar, M and Jayakumar, R and Jeyabaskaran, R and Devaki, A (2019) Stranding of the Risso’s dolphin in the Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (240). p. 29. ISSN 0254-380 X