Occurrence of pelagic thresher shark, Alopias pelagicus(Alopiidae: Laminiformes) from the Tuticorin, Gulf of Mannar
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The family Alopiidae (thresher sharks) is found \ndistributed worldwide in tropical and temperate \nseas. Alopiidae have one genus and three species \nviz., the pelagic thresher, Alopias pelagicus \nNakamura, 1935, the bigeye thresher, A. \nsuperciliosus (Lowe, 1839) and the common \nthresher, A. vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788). On 20th \nJune, 2013 a single specimen of A. pelagicus (Sex: \nfemale; total length: 270 cm; weight: 3000 g) was \nlanded in by large meshed drift gillnet (“Paruvalai”) \noperated from fishing craft (“Vallam”) in \nTharuvaikulam fish landing centre. The gear was \noperated between 100 and 150 m depth, at a \ndistance of 60 nautical miles from the coast. The \nspecimen was photographed and morphometric \nmeasurements were made with a measuring tape \nto the nearest centimeter and weight was taken to \nthe nearest gram. The species identification was \ncarried out based on Compagno (1984).
Authors: L Ranjith, M Sivadas, K. Kannan, K P Kanthan, M S Madan
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W14851969