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Biological aspects of deep-water sharks Centroscymnus coelolepis and Centrophorus squamosus in Galician waters (north-western Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2006

R. Bañón
Affiliation:
Asociación Científica de Biología Marina ‘Augamar’, c/ Fragoso 93–5° I; 36210 Vigo, Spain
C. Piñeiro
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Apartado 1552; 36208 Vigo, Spain
M. Casas
Affiliation:
Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Apartado 1552; 36208 Vigo, Spain

Abstract

Biological observations on two deep-water shark species, Portuguese dogfish Centroscymnus coelolepis and leafscale gulper shark Centrophorus squamosus, were made for specimens caught by bottom trawl and longline between 500 and 1300 m depth off the continental slope of Galicia and Galician Bank (north-east Atlantic) in the years 1996–1998. This includes data on their bathymetric range, length distribution, size at first maturity, ovarian fecundity, uterine fecundity and the size at birth.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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