Maturity, reproductive cycle, and fecundity of spiny butterfly ray, Gymnura altavela (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes: Gymnuridae), from the coast of Syria (eastern Mediterranean)

Background.Captures of Gymnura altavela from the Syrian marine waters allowed to improve knowledge of size at first sexuality of males and females, reproductive period and fecundity.Materials and methods.In all, 114 specimens were measured for disk width (DW) and weighed.Sexual maturity was determined in males from the length Inlet Valve Seal of cl

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