Size at maturity of Atlantoraja platana (Günther, 1880) (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) in the south-west Atlantic Ocean |
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| Authors: | M C Oddone † A F Amorim ‡ |
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| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista, Departamento de Ecologia, Campus Rio Claro Av. 24-A 1515, CP: 199, CEP: 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil; and Instituto de Pesca, Av. Bartolomeu de Gusmão, 192, Ponta da Praia, CEP: 11030-906, Santos, SP, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The sexual development of Atlantoraja platana from the south-west Atlantic Ocean was analysed. According to the reproductive variables considered for both sexes, males were found to mature at 620 mm and females at 715 mm total length. |
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| Keywords: | clasper elasmobranchs gonads nidamental gland oviparity reproduction |
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