Size composition, monthly condition factor and morphometrics for fishery-dependent samples of Rioraja agassizi (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae), off Santos, Southeast Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 415-424

  Oddone, M Cristina ^a   De Amorim, Alberto F ^b   Mancini, Patrícia L ^c   Norbis, Walter ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESCA   (Brazil)

^c Projeto Albatroz   (Brazil)

^d Direccion Nacional de Recursos Acuaticos   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Depth; Elasmobranch; Sex ratio; Skates; Total length

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; RAJIDAE; RIORAJA;

EID: 35348821242     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252007000300021     Document Type: Article

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