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Notes on female reproductive biology and embryos of the brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii from the Penghu Islands, Taiwan

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Litter size and details of the reproductive biology of female brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii from the Penghu Islands, Taiwan, are provided for the first time. Litter size ranged 1–14 (mean 8.5), with an embryonic sex ratio of 1:1. Vitellogenesis proceeded in parallel with gestation.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to J. Hsieh, the Penghu Marine Biology Research Center Makung, for assistance in the field, B.Séret for discussions on Taiwanese guitarfish and X. Chen for assistance with the Chinese literature. PMK was supported by the Marine Biodiversity and Northern Australia Hubs, collaborative partnerships supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP).VS was supported by a DAAD postgraduate scholarship, a University of Queensland postgraduate living stipend and University of Queensland Graduate School travel award.

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  1. Vera Schluessel

    Present address: Institute of Zoology, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität Bonn, Poppelsdorfer Schloss, Meckenheimer Allee 169, 53115, Bonn, Germany

  2. Jenny Giles

    Present address: Conservation Biology Division, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd. E., Seattle, WA, 98112, USA

  3. Peter M. Kyne

    Present address: Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, 0909, Australia

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    Vera Schluessel, Jenny Giles & Peter M. Kyne

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Schluessel, V., Giles, J. & Kyne, P.M. Notes on female reproductive biology and embryos of the brown guitarfish Rhinobatos schlegelii from the Penghu Islands, Taiwan. Ichthyol Res 62, 347–350 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-014-0431-x

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