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6 A. B. M. MOORE ET AL.
Table I. Continued
Number of individuals
(% total of all species combined)
Taxon
Kuwait
2008
Kuwait
2011 Qatar
Abu
Dhabi
Total all
sites
Carcharhinus amboinensis 32
(2·11)
Carcharhinus brevipinna 23
(1·52)
Carcharhinus dussumieri 338
(22·30)
13
(1·86)
1
(0·14)
139
(19·89)
3
(0·15)
22
(5·30)
— 5
(1·20)
525
(26·00)
Carcharhinus falciformis — — — 1 B
Carcharhinus leiodon 25
(1·65)
Carcharhinus leucas 26
(1·72)
Carcharhinus limbatus 32
(2·11)
Carcharhinus macloti 16
(1·06)
7
(1·00)
16
(2·29)
20
(2·86)
7
(1·00)
2
(0·48)
(0·24)
70
(1·51)
29
(0·62)
1004
(21·60)
1
(0·02)
— — 32
(0·69)
1
(0·05)
27
(1·34)
— 43
(0·92)
39
(9·40)
— 6
(1·45)
Carcharhinus melanopterus — — — 1
(0·24)
Carcharhinus sorrah 179
(11·81)
5
(0·72)
79
(3·91)
Loxodon macrorhinus — — 63
(3·12)
25
(6·02)
155
(37·35)
118
(2·54)
29
(0·62)
1
(0·02)
288
(6·19)
218
(4·69)
Male(♂) and female (♀) size range
(cm) (mean ± s.d. cm)
Male
maturity
(cm)
♂ 57–227 (119·0 ± 47·6)
♀ 69–246 (129·7 ± 44·5)
♂ 71–214 (100·9 ± 46·1)
♀ 72–92 (83·4 ± 6·4)
♂ 36–96 (76·0 ± 10·5)
♀ 36–100 (75·5 ± 14·2)
206–227
NAmin –204
63–80
♀∼60 NA
♂ 66–132 (80·6 ± 21·1)
♀ 68–142 (88·6 ± 24·3)
♂ 75–158 (109·6 ± 18·2)
♀ 82–183 (113·8 ± 25·8)
♂ 58–210 (113·4 ± 45·8)
♀ 55–223 (119·9 ± 44·2)
♂ 49–83 (62·1 ± 8·6)
♀ 59–94 (71·8 ± 12·1)
♂ NA
♀ 73
♂ 52–152 (82·4 ± 17·0)
♀ 50–166 (90·4 ± 24·4)
♂ 53–79 (68·8 ± 5·1)
♀ 53–84 (69·3 ± 6·2)
NAmin –123
NA
164–184
75–83
NA
85–110
61–71
© 2012 The Authors
Journal of Fish Biology © 2012 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Journal of Fish Biology 2012, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03210.x