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Dead Bryde's whale washed ashore at Veraval, Gujarat

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Relation https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12903/
 
Title Dead Bryde's whale washed ashore at Veraval, Gujarat
 
Creator Sukhdhane, Kapil S
Prajith, K K
Vase, Vinay Kumar
Kumawat, Tarachand
Divu, D
Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar
Abdul Azeez, P
Bharadiya Sangita, A
Bhint, H M
Temkar, G S
 
Subject Whales
 
Description Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni Anderson,
1879) measuring 10.4 m in length and weighing
about 7 tons was found washed ashore on the beach
of Veraval on 4th august 2017. Locally called as
“Machchh” it was found in dead condition with small
injuries in the caudal peduncle and genital region.
With the intervention and supervision of forest
officials, it was towed ashore and a veterinary
officer conducted post-mortem after which it was
buried on the shore. Occurrence
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/12903/1/MFIS-233_23.pdf
Sukhdhane, Kapil S and Prajith, K K and Vase, Vinay Kumar and Kumawat, Tarachand and Divu, D and Pradhan, Rajesh Kumar and Abdul Azeez, P and Bharadiya Sangita, A and Bhint, H M and Temkar, G S (2017) Dead Bryde's whale washed ashore at Veraval, Gujarat. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (233). p. 32. ISSN 0254-380 X