Age and growth of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis from the Pacific Ocean

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 456-464

  Oshitani, Shungo ^a   Nakano, Hideki ^b   Tanaka, Sho ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fisheries Research and Education Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Carcharhinus falciformis; Growth; Pacific Ocean; Silky shark

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS FALCIFORMIS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038008625     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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