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| Main Ref: | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 | |||||||||||
| Data Ref.: | Compagno, L.J.V., 1984 | |||||||||||
| Country: | USA | |||||||||||
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| Locality: | Gulf of Mexico off Florida | |||||||||||
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| Temperature: | - °C | |||||||||||
| Gestation period: | month/s | |||||||||||
| Length of offspring: | cm | |||||||||||
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| Comments: | Viviparous with a yolk-sac placenta; larger females carry more young; off South Africa young are usually born in the autumn although some may be born in winter; off Senegal young are born in summer while in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida and Louisiana young are born in spring to early summer; gestation period of 12 to 15 months; size at birth about 60 to 75 cm. | |||||||||||
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