Sreeram, Miriam Paul and Waghmare, K B (2005) Bumper landing of common dolphin fish Coryphaena hippurus at Sassoon Dock, Mumbai. Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series, 186 . 12- .
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Abstract
On 29.10.05, an unprecedented twelve tons of common dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus was landed at Sassoon Dock by gill netters. The catch was made by 22 gill netters on a four day voyage, operating surface drift nets of mesh 80-120 rnrn upto 40 m depth of Murud, about 100 km south of Mumabi. The fish is sexually dimorphic with mature males having a pronounced bony crest in the frontal portion of the head.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | dolphin fish; Coryphaena hippurus; Sassoon Dock; Mumbai |
| Subjects: | Marine Mammals > Dolphins |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Cochin > Marine Capture CMFRI-Mumbai |
| ID Code: | 4266 |
| Deposited By: | Geetha P Mrs |
| Deposited On: | 28 Sep 2010 15:28 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Sep 2010 15:28 |
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