Fetal mummification in silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) from the Gulf of California, Mexico

The aim of this work was the description of fetal mummification in silky shark. During July of 2001 in Santa Maria fishing camp, Gulf of California Mexico, fourteen pregnant female of silky sharks were captured. In all of them the embryos were found to be dehydrated. However, total observations were...

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Main Authors: Jonathan Sandoval-Castillo, Carlos Villavicencio-Garayzar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000300015