Diet and reproduction in the Australian butterfly ray Gymnura australis from northern and north-eastern Australia.
The diet of Gymnura australis was dominated by teleosts (99.8% index of relative importance). A wide-ranging species, females matured at 446 mm disc width (W(D)), had a single functional ovary and two functional uteri. Males matured at 377 mm W(D) and had a single functional testis.
Jacobsen
I P
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School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia. i.jacobsen@uq.edu.au
Johnson
J W
JW
Bennett
M B
MB
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D012860:Skates, Fish / Q000502:physiology*