The diet of the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque 1810 in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 331-335

  Smale, M J ^a  

^a PORT ELIZABETH MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Grey nurse shark; Lamniformes; Nursery areas; Odontaspididae; Predator prey; Sand tiger shark

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PREY SIZE; SHARK; STOMACH CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CEPHALOPODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; LAMNIFORMES; ODONTASPIDIDAE; ODONTASPIS FEROX; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 23644444473     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320509504091     Document Type: Article

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