38 less-developed eggs in uteri
Pratt 1979
Looks like full-term embryos
(~40-45)
17 fem
52
Fig. 22
43 FL
full-term embryo
Fig. 21
Blue Shark Litters (Prionace glauca) in progress |
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| Photograph | Litter size | TL embryo* (mm) | Mass embryo* (kg) | TL fem. (m) | M fem. (kg) | Capture date | Capture location | Reference |
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| 40 | 11 & 13; plus 38 less-developed eggs in uteri |
23 July 1978 | Montauk NY, USA | Pratt 1979 | ||||
| 82 | 13 | 2.64 | Jan | Suda 1953 Pratt 1979 |
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41 |
Looks like full-term embryos |
24 male 17 fem |
86 | <1970 | GB | Rogerson 1970 | |
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52 |
37 (mean) embs ventral to fem app smaller due to cam parallax | #10 in ventral row is stunted | 2.32 | Pratt 1979 Fig. 22 |
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| 135 | Gubanov & Grigor'yev 1975 | |||||||
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43 FL |
2.20 FL | Pratt 1979 Fig. 21 |
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| Photograph | Litter size | TL embryo* (mm) | Mass embryo* (kg) | TL fem. (m) | M fem. (kg) | Capture date | Capture location | Reference |
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