Range, sexual dimorphism and bilateral asymmetry of rostral tooth counts in the smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata Latham (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) of the southeastern United States

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1810, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Wiley, Tonya R ^a   Simpfendorfer, Colin A ^a,b   Faria, Vicente V ^c,d   McDavitt, Matthew T ^e  

^a CENTER FOR SHARK RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e National Legal Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Rostral teeth; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; PRISTIDAE; PRISTIS PECTINATA;

EID: 47249138675     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1810.1.3     Document Type: Article

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