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A Pregnant Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena, Collected in the Western Coastal Water, Korea  

Choi, Youn (Department of Marine Biotechnology, Kunsan National University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.30, no.3, 2018 , pp. 167-169 More about this Journal
Abstract
A smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena, was caught from the coastal water of Boryeoung-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea in June 13, 2014. The shark had a total of 23 fetuses in its body. There were 12 males and 11 females. The total length of the young sharks ranges from 49.0 cm to 54.7 cm. This collection suggested that western coastal water of Korea is a birth ground of smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena.
Keywords
Fetuses; birth ground; Sphyrna zygaena;
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