Embryos of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus: Early growth and size distribution

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 444-446

  Chang, Wen Been ^a   Leu, Ming Yih ^a   Fang, Lee Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHINCODON; RHINCODON TYPUS;

EID: 0030911712     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447769     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. BAUGHMAN, J. L. 1955. The oviparity of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus, with records of this and other fishes in Texas waters. Copeia 1955:54-55.
2. BIGELOW, H. B., AND W. C. SCHROEDER. 1948. Shark, p. 59-546. In: Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Part 1. Lancelets, cyclostomes, and sharks. Mem. Sears. Found. Mar. Res. 1:53-576.
3. GARRICK, J. A. F. 1964. Additional information on the morphology of an embryo whale shark. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 115:1-8.
4. GILBERT, P. W. 1981. Patterns of shark reproduction. Oceanus 24:30-39.
5. GOMES, U. L. 1995. Egg capsules of Schroederichthys tenuis and Scyliorhinus haeckelii (Chondrichthyes, Scyliorhinidae). Copeia 1955:232-236.
6. HERRE, A. W. C. T. 1942. The whale shark in the Philippines. Sci. Monogr. 55:151-158.
7. HOWELL-RIVERO, L. 1936. Some new, rare and little-known fishes from Cuba. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 41:41-76.
8. JOUNG S. J., C. T. CHEN, E. CLARK, S. UCHIDA, AND W. Y. P. HUANG. 1996. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a livebearer: 300 embryos found in one "me-gamamma" supreme. Environ. Biol. Fishes 46:219-223.
9. PRATER, S. H. 1942. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus Smith) in Indian coastal waters, with notes on its wandering in other areas. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 42:255-279.
10. REID, G. K. 1957. External morphology of an embryo whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith. Copeia 1957: 157-158.
11. STEEL, R. 1985. Sharks of the world. Facts on File Publications, New York.
12. UCHIDA, S. 1983. On the morphology of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith. Okinawa Expo Aquar. Contrib. 16:165-173.
13. _. 1984. Investigations of whale shark in Taiwan and Philippines. Ibid. 18:4-10.
14. WOLFSON, F. H. 1983. Records of seven juveniles of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus. J. Fish. Biol. 22: 647-655.
15. _, AND G. NOTARBARTOLO DI SCIARA. 1981. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828: an annotated bibliography. Atti Soc. Ital. Sci, Nat. Museo. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano 122:171-203.