Litters of Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) in progress

 

Photograph Litter size TL embryo* (cm) Mass embryo* (kg) TL fem. (m) M fem. (kg) Capture date Capture location Reference
  7 ~18   1.95   Dec.   Strasburg 1958
  5 20-28   1.96   May   Strasburg 1958
  6 36-40   2.10   April   Strasburg 1958
  7 52-60
Not sure if same litter or from 4 litters.
ORI 415d, 1135a, d, 1142d, e, 1690a, b         Bass et al. (1975)
  10-15             Branstetter 1990
Photograph Litter size TL embryo* (mm) Mass embryo* (kg) TL fem. (m) M fem. (kg) Capture date Capture location Reference
Created March 2002; revised March 2002. Back to previous page
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