Reproductive biology of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839) (Chondrichthyes: Alopiidae), in the northwestern Pacific

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-235

  Chen, Che Tsung ^a   Liu, Kwang Ming ^a   Chang, Yung Chou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alopias superciliosus; Elasmobranch; Embryonic development; Oophagy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS; ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 0031286763     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02678702     Document Type: Article

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