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ELASMOBRANCHS IN KUWAIT, QATAR AND ABU DHABI 5<br />
Table I. Elasmobranch taxa recorded in surveys <strong>of</strong> markets <strong>and</strong> harbours during April in Kuwait (2008 <strong>and</strong> 2011), Qatar (2009) <strong>and</strong> Abu Dhabi<br />
(2010): number, percentage <strong>of</strong> total <strong>of</strong> all species, <strong>size</strong> range by <strong>sex</strong> (sharks <strong>and</strong> guitarfishes LT, raysWD; mean ± S.D. cm) <strong>and</strong> <strong>male</strong> <strong>maturity</strong>.<br />
For sharks, the range <strong>of</strong> the smallest maturing <strong>size</strong> above which all <strong>male</strong>s were mature, excluding anomalous outliers, <strong>and</strong> for rays, only the <strong>size</strong><br />
above which all <strong>male</strong>s were mature are presented<br />
Taxon<br />
Kuwait<br />
2008<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> individuals<br />
(% total <strong>of</strong> all species combined)<br />
Kuwait<br />
2011 Qatar<br />
Abu<br />
Dhabi<br />
Total all<br />
sites<br />
Male (♂) <strong>and</strong> fe<strong>male</strong> (♀) <strong>size</strong> range<br />
(mean ± s.d. cm)<br />
Male<br />
<strong>maturity</strong><br />
(cm)<br />
Sharks<br />
Hemiscyllidae<br />
Chiloscyllium arabicum 20<br />
(1·32)<br />
Triakidae<br />
Mustelus mosis 15<br />
(0·99)<br />
Hemigaleidae<br />
Chaenogaleus macrostoma 39<br />
(2·57)<br />
Hemipristis elongata 1<br />
(0·07)<br />
Paragaleus r<strong>and</strong>alli 5<br />
(0·33)<br />
Carcharhinidae<br />
Carcharhinus spp. A 62<br />
(4·09)<br />
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides 5<br />
(0·33)<br />
105<br />
(15·02)<br />
12<br />
(1·72)<br />
17<br />
(2·43)<br />
5<br />
(0·25)<br />
2<br />
(0·10)<br />
30<br />
(1·49)<br />
— 1<br />
(0·05)<br />
5<br />
(0·72)<br />
35<br />
(1·73)<br />
— 2<br />
(0·10)<br />
3<br />
(0·43)<br />
— 130<br />
(2·80)<br />
5<br />
(1·20)<br />
1<br />
(0·24)<br />
34<br />
(0·73)<br />
87<br />
(1·87)<br />
— 2<br />
(0·04)<br />
23<br />
(5·54)<br />
68<br />
(1·46)<br />
— 64<br />
(1·38)<br />
— — 8<br />
(0·17)<br />
♂ 56–77 (68·6 ± 4·4)<br />
♀ 56–80 (68·8 ± 4·9)<br />
♂ 65–84 (72·3 ± 4·9)<br />
♀ 63–83 (76·0 ± 5·0)<br />
♂ 70–90 (78·1 ± 5·2)<br />
♀ 58–92 (80·3 ± 7·8)<br />
♂ NA<br />
♀ 117–119 (118·0 ± 1·4)<br />
♂ 61–81 (73·2 ± 4·5)<br />
♀ 56–83·6 (70·3 ± 8·3)<br />
♂ 67–130 (84·1 ± 19·4)<br />
♀ 63–140 (86·4 ± 15·3)<br />
♂ 80–88 (85·4 ± 4·8)<br />
♀ 82–166 (100·0 ± 36·9)<br />
62–68<br />
NAmin –65<br />
NAmin –70<br />
NA<br />
61–64<br />
NA<br />
NA<br />
© 2012 The Authors<br />
Journal <strong>of</strong> Fish Biology © 2012 The Fisheries Society <strong>of</strong> the British Isles, Journal <strong>of</strong> Fish Biology 2012, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03210.x