NOTE ON THE FETUSES OF THE DOLPHINS TURSIOPS ADUNCUS AND SOUSA PLUMBEA FROM THE SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA


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Authors

  • R S Lalmohan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Calicut

Abstract

Though our knowledge of the distribution and occurance of dolphins
along the Indian coaist is faidy good (Blanfond 1891), iirformation on their
reproductive biol<^y is very meagre. Whffle studying the dolphins of southwest
coast of India during 1976-1981, two fetuses of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops
odurKus and one fetus of Che humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea were examined
The observations made on ftem ame presented here.

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Author Biography

  • R S Lalmohan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Calicut
    Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Research Centre, Calicut

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Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 & 2 (1982)

Section

Note

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How to Cite

Lalmohan, R. S. (2011). NOTE ON THE FETUSES OF THE DOLPHINS TURSIOPS ADUNCUS AND SOUSA PLUMBEA FROM THE SOUTH WEST COAST OF INDIA. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 29(1 & 2), 249-252. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11913