- Title
- Spatial and seasonal distribution patterns of the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus along the coast of South Africa
- Creator
- Dicken, Matthew L
- Creator
- Booth, Anthony J
- Creator
- Smale, Malcolm J
- Date Issued
- 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/127008
- Identifier
- vital:35943
- Identifier
- https://doi.10.2989/18142320609504210
- Description
- Off South Africa, the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias Taurus has been occasionally reported from the West Coast, but it is more commonly found along the East and South coasts from Cape Town to northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) (Bass et al. 1975, Smale 2002). Mating is thought to occur off the south coast of KZN from October to late November (G Cliff, Natal Sharks Board, unpublished data). Pregnant females then move northward to spend the early part of their gestation in the warmer waters of northern KZN and possibly southern Moçambique. During July and August, the near-term pregnant females begin to move southwards towards the cooler waters of the Eastern Cape (Wallett 1973, Bass et al. 1975, G Cliff, unpublished data), where they give birth from September to November (Smale 2002). After parturition, many of the females migrate back to KZN. The whereabouts of mature males outside of the mating season is unclear. These broadscale distribution and migratory habits for C. taurus have been inferred from limited catch records obtained for only parts of its range along the South African coast.
- Format
- 15 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African journal of marine science
- Relation
- Dicken, M.L., Smale, M.J. and Booth, A.J., 2006. Spatial and seasonal distribution patterns of the ragged-tooth shark Carcharias taurus along the coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 28(3-4), pp.603-616
- Relation
- African journal of marine science volume 28 number 3-4 603 616 2006 1814-232X
- Rights
- African journal of marine science
- Rights
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