OCCURRENCE OF A LARGE SHOAL OF JAVANESE COWNOSE RAY, RHINOPTERA JAVANICA MULLER & HENLE IN TOE BAY OF BENGAL OFF MADRAS


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  • S Srinivasarengan Madras Research Centre of C. M. F. R. Institute.

Abstract

The Javanese Cownose Ray, Rhinoptera Javanica Muller & Henle is
known to congregate in large shoals and enter the coastal waters during the breeding
season. Shipley and Hornell (1906) have reported the capture of 7000
individuals in a single net in Dutch Bay, Ceylon during the pearl fishery season
of 1889. The occurrence of such shoals consisting of 500 to 4000 rays have been
recorded in the Gulf of Mannar in India during the months of December-February
(James 1962, 1970). Such shoals of R. javanica had not been recorded
in any other area along the Indian coast.

Author Biography

  • S Srinivasarengan, Madras Research Centre of C. M. F. R. Institute.
    Madras Research Centre of C. M. F. R. Institute.

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Vol. 26 No. 1 & 2 (1979)

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Srinivasarengan, S. (2011). OCCURRENCE OF A LARGE SHOAL OF JAVANESE COWNOSE RAY, RHINOPTERA JAVANICA MULLER & HENLE IN TOE BAY OF BENGAL OFF MADRAS. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 26(1 & 2), 239. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/12064