Reproduction in the milk shark, Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae), from the coast of Senegal (eastern tropical Atlantic)

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-126

  Capapé, Christian ^a   Diatta, Youssouph ^b   Diop, Mansor ^b   Guélorget, Olivier ^a   Vergne, Yvan ^a   Quignard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Carcharhinidae; Chondrichthyes; Eastern tropical Atlantic; Reproductive biology; Rhizoprionodon acutus; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; COASTAL WATER; FECUNDITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARTURITION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CARCHARHINIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; RHIZOPRIONODON ACUTUS;

EID: 33846377586     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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