December 29th, 2020

Reproductive biology of the Rasptail skate

Reproductive biology of the Rasptail skate

Reproductive biology of the Rasptail skate Rostroraja velezi (Rajiformes: Rajidae) Katherin Soto‐López PhD, Rosa Isabel Ochoa‐Báez PhD, Felipe Galván‐Magaña PhD, Maria Cristina Oddone PhD ABSTRACT: The Rasptail skate Rostroraja velezi is commercially exploited in artisanal elasmobranch fisheries along the west coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, but information on its life history is limited. This

The megamouth shark is not a luminous species

The megamouth shark is not a luminous species

The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is not a luminous species Laurent Duchatelet, Victoria C. Moris, Taketeru Tomita, Jacques Mahillon, Keiichi Sato, Catherine Behets, Jérôme Mallefet ABSTRACT: Despite its five meters length, the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983) is one of the rarest big sharks known in the world (117 specimens observed