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Range, sexual dimorphism and bilateral asymmetry of rostral tooth counts in the smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata Latham (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) of the southeastern United States

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  • 1. Mote Marine Laboratory, Center for Shark Research, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA.
  • 2. Mote Marine Laboratory, Center for Shark Research, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA. & Current address: James Cook University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia. E-mail: colin.simpfendorfer@jcu.edu.au
  • 3. Iowa State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Ames, Iowa, USA. & Current address: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
  • 4. National Legal Research Group, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. E-mail: mtmcdavitt@aol.com

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Wiley, Tonya R., Simpfendorfer, Colin A., Faria, Vicente V., Mcdavitt, Matthew T. (2008): Range, sexual dimorphism and bilateral asymmetry of rostral tooth counts in the smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata Latham (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) of the southeastern United States. Zootaxa 1810 (1): 51-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1810.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1810.1.3

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