Notes on female reproductive biology and embryos of the brown guitarfish from Taiwan
Published online on 10. October 2014
Notes on female reproductive biology and embryos of the brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii from the Penghu Islands, Taiwan
Vera Schluessel, Jenny Giles, Peter M. Kyne
ABSTRACT:
Litter size and details of the reproductive biology of female brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii from the Penghu Islands, Taiwan, are provided for the first time. Litter size ranged 1–14 (mean 8.5), with an embryonic sex ratio of 1:1. Vitellogenesis proceeded in parallel with gestation.
Ichthyological Research, October 2014, DOI 10.1007/s10228-014-0431-x