Record of four pregnant females of the scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini (Sphyrnidae) in Senegalese waters

Cybium

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-93

  Capapé, Christian ^a   Diop, Mansor ^a   N'Dao, Massata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

ASE; Pregnant females; Senegal; Sphyrna lewini; Sphyrnidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002814191     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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