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| Main Ref: | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Mexico | ||||||||||||
| Locality: | Gulf of Mexico | ||||||||||||
| Ecosystem: | Gulf of Mexico | ||||||||||||
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| min 1 | (g) | (cm) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 | ||||||||||
| max 7 | (g) | (cm) | |||||||||||
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| Comments on Fecundity: | In a litter. | ||||||||||||
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| Spawning Cycles: | 1 (1/y) | Ref: Frisk, M.G., T.J. Miller and N.K. Dulvy, 2004 | |||||||||||
| Comments: | Viviparous with a yolk-sac placenta; number of young most commonly 4 to 6 per litter with larger females carrying more young; off Texas, Florida and North Carolina young are born in late spring and summer from June to August; gestation period 10 to 11 months; gravid female sharks move into inshore waters to deposit their young; size at birth about 29 to 37 cm. In a litter. | ||||||||||||
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