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Spawning of Rhizoprionodon terraenovae
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Data Ref.: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Country: Mexico
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Locality: Gulf of Mexico
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
        111 111 111          
Sex ratio: 100  %  Ref.:  Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Temperature:  -   °C
Gestation period: 10 - 11 month/s
Ref.: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Length of offspring: 29 - 37 cm
Ref.: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984

Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
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Comments: Viviparous with a yolk-sac placenta; number of young most commonly 4 to 6 per litter with larger females carrying more young; off Texas, Florida and North Carolina young are born in late spring and summer from June to August; gestation period 10 to 11 months; gravid female sharks move into inshore waters to deposit their young; size at birth about 29 to 37 cm.
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