The reproductive diversity of extant cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) is
extraordinarily broad, reflecting more than 400 million years of evolutionary history. Among …

1. Introduction 2. Classification of Reproductive Modes in Elasmobranchs 2.1. Females 2.2.
Males 3. Mating Strategies and Parthenogenesis 3.1. Sperm Storage, Polyandry, and …

Longnose skates may have a high intrinsic vulnerability among fishes due to their large
body size, slow growth rates and relatively low fecundity, and their exploitation as fisheries …

Zearaja chilensis has been reported from Southern Brazil in the Southwest Atlantic (SWA) to
northern Chile in the Southeast Pacific (SEP), and it was listed as vulnerable by the IUCN …

The longnose skates (Zearaja chilensis and Dipturus trachyderma) are the main component
of the elasmobranch fisheries in the south-east Pacific Ocean. Both species are considered …

Longnose skates have great economic importance in South American fisheries, and in order
to preserve them, it is important to have a well-defined taxonomic status of their species …

After deposition, chondrichthyan egg capsules are frequently exposed to numerous threats
that affect their survival. However, the ecological factors affecting the development and …

Chondrichthyan egg cases are important elements for species-specific identification and
also provide a valuable aid in determining a species spatial distribution, as well as for …

Most skates are adapted to shelf and slope environments experiencing less seasonal
variation than coastal ecosystems. Here, we analyze the reproductive ecology of …

Updated descriptions and measurements for the eggcases of 10 rajiform and three
scyliorhinid species occurring in the shelf seas around the British Isles are given, based on …