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Joung, SJ., Chen, CT., Clark, E. et al. The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a livebearer: 300 embryos found in one ‘megamamma’ supreme. Environ Biol Fish 46, 219–223 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00004997
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