The present report

is on the capture of a live female whale shark on

25.7.1989 from the Palk Bay in a shore-seine

[Karavalai) operated at Pirappanvalasai, near

Mandapam

Badrudeen, M

Pillai, S Krishna

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mi ICAR '»J| TT^Fn MARINE FISHERIES INFORMATION SERVICE » ^ ¥4 * * . * •««^ "M^ ^^^^ APf,'IL, MAY 096 v J JT/X; z K' 'X /*> VY-J^^, / •r/k it 4 I < .^-^0»sS( rToFT TECHNICAL AND E X T E N S I O N S E R I E S "HT 'M i^s;^ ! MMrH4chl CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES 3T^i;^sTmt3F«rFTr RESEARCH INSTITUTE r, M^TTW C O C H I N , INDIA INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Report on a whale shark Rhincodon typus (Smith) caught in shore-seine from the Palk Bay* In India majority of the catch of whale shark Rhincodon typus come from the southeast and west coasts. Recently Silas [Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T & E Sen, No. 66: 1-19, 1986) updated the capture of whale shark in the Indian coastal waters. The present report is on the capture of a live female whale shark on 25.7.1989 from the Palk Bay in a shore-seine [Karavalai) operated at Pirappanvalasai, near Mandapam. The tip of the upper caudal lobe was damaged and healed. The specimen weighed approximately 3.5 tonnes. The measurements (cm) are as follows: Total length Snout to 1st dorsal fln base Snout to 2nd dorsal fln base Length of pectoral fln Width of mouth Height of 1st dorsal fln Length of 1st dorsal fln 595 320 448 137 122 61 61 Height of 2nd dorsal fln Length of 2nd dorsal fln base Distance between 1st to 5th gill-slit Length of glll-sllt Distance between extremities of lobes Length of upper caudal lobe (damaged) Girth of body at caudal peduncle Length of lower caudal lobe Girth of body at 1st dorsal fln Girth of body at region of belly Length of pectoral fln Distance between eye and pectoral fln origin Distance between eye Eye diameter Sex 30.5 30.5 61 61 122 88.5 91.5 91.5 229 268 137.2 125 150 5 Female 15 TABLE 1. Earlier records of capture of Rhlncodon typus (Smith) at Mandapam and nearby areas Date of capture 16-5-1958 July, 1960 15-4-1967 7-2-1983 23-2-1983 7-2-1983 23-10-1991 26-10-1992 Gear — — Gill net Gill net Gill net Gill net Shore-seine Place Irumani (Palk Bay) Thondi (Palk Bay) PambEin (Palk Bay) Kllakaral (Gulf of Mannar) Kllakaral (Gulf of Mannar) Kilakarai (Gulf of Mannar) Dhanushkodi (Gulf of Mannar) Athankaral (Palk Bay) Length (m) 7.72 -5.52 4.00 4.75 3.15 5.56 10.22 Weight (tonnes) 5.5 -2.0 2.5 1.5 3.0 5.0 Sex Female -Male Male Male Male Recorded by Silas 1976. Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T & E Sen, No. 66: 1-19. Silas 1986. Op. Cit. Kuthalingam et al. 1973 Indian J. Fish., 20(2): 646-651, Nammalwar and Krishna Pillai 1983. Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv.. T & E Ser.. No. 49: 24-35 Nammalwar and Krishna Pillai 1983. Op. Cit. Nammalwar 1986. Mar. Fish Infor. Serv., T & E Ser., No. 66: 30. Nammalwar et al. 1991. Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., T & E Ser.. No. 116: 20. Kasinathan and Ramamoorthy 1995. Mar. Fish. Infor. Serv., Earlier records of capture of the whale shark from the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar are given In the Table 1. *Reportedby S. Krishna Pillai and M. Badrudeen, Mandapam Re^onal Centre of CMFRI, Mandapam Camp - 623 520 16 

Report on a whale shark Rhincodon typus (Smith)

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Report on a whale shark Rhincodon typus (Smith) caught in shore-seine from the Palk Bay

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