Espinax {lhmixr}R Documentation

Etmopterus spinax data

Description

Growth data for deepwater velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax from Coelho and Erzini (2008). Data are cross-sectional with one observation (row) per individual.

Usage

Espinax

Format

A data frame with five variables:

species

Full species name

sex

Sex of the animal: Female (F) or Male (M)

age

Age in years

length

Total length in centimetres

maturity

Maturation status: immature or mature

Source

Coelho, R. and Erzini, K. (2008). Life history of a wide-ranging deepwater lantern shark in the north-east Atlantic, Etmopterus spinax (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae), with implications for conservation. Journal of Fish Biology, 73, 1419–1443.


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