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-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Capture CMFRI-Mumbai |
Depositing User: | Mr. Arun Surendran |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2010 09:58 |
Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2015 15:26 |
URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/4266 |
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