Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case

The authors report in this paper the first record of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), off the coast of Syria (eastern Mediterranean). The specimen was an adult female, 690 cm total length and weighing approximately 2.5 t. It was a pregnant female at the beginning of gestation and...

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Main Authors: M. Ali, A. Saad, C. Reynaud, C. Capapé
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2012
Subjects:
Chondrichthyes
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus
Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.42.4.07
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:970786dd289a4fa78417959c37b5b762 2023-05-15T15:53:48+02:00 Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case M. Ali A. Saad C. Reynaud C. Capapé 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.42.4.07 https://doaj.org/article/970786dd289a4fa78417959c37b5b762 EN eng Pensoft Publishers https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26342/download/pdf/ https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26342/download/xml/ https://aiep.pensoft.net/article/26342/ https://doaj.org/toc/1734-1515 doi:10.3750/AIP2011.42.4.07 1734-1515 https://doaj.org/article/970786dd289a4fa78417959c37b5b762 Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, Vol 42, Iss 4, Pp 335-339 (2012) Chondrichthyes Cetorhinidae Cetorhinus maximus Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling SH1-691 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2011.42.4.07 2022-12-31T03:12:41Z The authors report in this paper the first record of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), off the coast of Syria (eastern Mediterranean). The specimen was an adult female, 690 cm total length and weighing approximately 2.5 t. It was a pregnant female at the beginning of gestation and contained 34 egg cases. The first description of C. maximus egg case is provided with short comments on the reproductive biology of the species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cetorhinus maximus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
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topic Chondrichthyes
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus
Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
spellingShingle Chondrichthyes
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus
Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
M. Ali
A. Saad
C. Reynaud
C. Capapé
Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case
topic_facet Chondrichthyes
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus
Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
description The authors report in this paper the first record of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), off the coast of Syria (eastern Mediterranean). The specimen was an adult female, 690 cm total length and weighing approximately 2.5 t. It was a pregnant female at the beginning of gestation and contained 34 egg cases. The first description of C. maximus egg case is provided with short comments on the reproductive biology of the species.
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author M. Ali
A. Saad
C. Reynaud
C. Capapé
author_facet M. Ali
A. Saad
C. Reynaud
C. Capapé
author_sort M. Ali
title Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case
title_short Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case
title_full Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case
title_fullStr Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence of basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), off the Syrian coast (eastern Mediterranean) with first description of egg case
title_sort occurrence of basking shark, cetorhinus maximus (elasmobranchii: lamniformes: cetorhinidae), off the syrian coast (eastern mediterranean) with first description of egg case
publisher Pensoft Publishers
publishDate 2012
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