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ELASMOBRANCHS IN KUWAIT, QATAR AND ABU DHABI 9<br />
Table I. Continued<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> individuals<br />
(% total <strong>of</strong> all species combined)<br />
Taxon<br />
Kuwait<br />
2008<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 />
(cm) (mean ± s.d. cm)<br />
Aetomylaeus cf. milvus 16<br />
(1·06)<br />
Aetomylaeus nich<strong>of</strong>ii 24<br />
(1·58)<br />
— 9<br />
(0·45)<br />
1<br />
(0·14)<br />
Rhinopteridae<br />
Rhinoptera javanica — 2<br />
(0·29)<br />
Rhinoptera jayakari 5<br />
(0·33)<br />
Rhinoptera spp. 121<br />
(7·98)<br />
6<br />
(0·86)<br />
1<br />
(0·14)<br />
69<br />
(3·42)<br />
— 25<br />
(0·54)<br />
— 94<br />
(2·02)<br />
— — 2<br />
(0·04)<br />
2<br />
(0·10)<br />
91<br />
(4·51)<br />
Mobulidae<br />
Mobula cf. eregoodootenkee — — 2<br />
(0·10)<br />
All species combined 1516<br />
(100)<br />
699<br />
(100)<br />
2019<br />
(100)<br />
— 13<br />
(0·28)<br />
1<br />
(0·24)<br />
214<br />
(4·60)<br />
— 2<br />
(0·04)<br />
415<br />
(100)<br />
4649<br />
(100)<br />
♂ 48–90 (68·7 ± 14·1)<br />
♀ 47–123 (76·0 ± 25·9)<br />
♂ 35–72 (45·6 ± 6·1)<br />
♀ 24–72 (51·1 ± 11·8)<br />
♂ NA<br />
♀ 99–122<br />
(110·5 ± 16·3)<br />
♂ 58–60 (63·5 ± 7·8)<br />
♀ 43–116 (80·2 ± 17·5)<br />
♂ 45–85 (69·6 ± 11·0)<br />
♀ 43–96 (77·1 ± 11·6)<br />
♂ 105<br />
♀ ∼100<br />
NA, not applicable; NAmin, minimum <strong>size</strong> not available.<br />
A Probably comprising C. amblyrhynchoides –C. leiodon –C. limbatus <strong>and</strong> C.limbatus –C. brevipinna not accurately identified.<br />
B Excised embryo.<br />
C Un<strong>sex</strong>ed specimens <strong>of</strong> c. 140–200 cm L T recorded.<br />
Male<br />
<strong>maturity</strong><br />
(cm)<br />
69<br />
40<br />
NA<br />
NA<br />
71<br />
105<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
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