Arshad, P R and Nashad, M and Ramachandran, S and Pradeep, S D and Saroj, Venkatesh and Jayabaskaran, R (2024) Live sighting of Blainville’s beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) in the Indian seawaters. Current Science, 127 (7). pp. 860-862. ISSN 0011-3891
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Abstract
Two individuals belonging to the species Mesoplodon densirostris (de Blainville, 1817) were sighted in the Indian waters during a marine mammal survey conducted on-board the vessel MFV Yellowfin associated with the Mormugao Zonal Base of the Fishery Survey of India. This survey was part of the project titled ‘Marine mammal stock assessment in India’. Among the sighted individuals, one was a female based on its morphological characters while the sex of the other was unknown. To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous sightings of this rare beaked whale from the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Beaked whale; live sighting; marine mammal survey |
| Subjects: | Marine Mammals > Whales |
| Divisions: | CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity, Environment and Management Division |
| Depositing User: | Arun Surendran |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2025 04:06 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2025 04:06 |
| URI: | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/19083 |
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