Maneuvering in juvenile carcharhinid and sphyrnid sharks: The role of the hammerhead shark cephalofoil

Zoology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-28

  Kajiura, Stephen M ^a   Forni, Jesica B ^a   Summers, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canard wing; Elasmobranch; Electroreception; Flexibility; Head morphology

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNA LEWINI; SPHYRNA TIBURO; SPHYRNIDAE;

EID: 0037222407     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00086     Document Type: Article

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