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<DIV class=articleTitle><FONT size=4>Journal of Fish Biology</FONT></DIV>
<DIV id=publishedOnlineDate>Article first published online: 19 AUG 2010</DIV>
<DIV id=doi>DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02736.x</DIV>
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_catshark">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_catshark</A></DIV>
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<DIV class=articleTitle><FONT size=4>Egg capsules of the dusky catshark
<EM>Bythaelurus canescens</EM> (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the
south-eastern Pacific Ocean</FONT></DIV>
<DIV id=cr1><FONT size=3><SUP>F. Concha1,*, </SUP><SUP>C. Bustamante2,
</SUP><SUP>M. C. Oddone3, </SUP><SUP>S. Hernández4,</SUP></FONT><A
href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02736.x/abstract#fn1"
shape=rect><FONT color=#007e8a size=3><SUP>†</SUP></FONT></A><FONT size=3><SUP>,
</SUP><SUP>J. Lamilla2</SUP></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=affiliation><SUP>1</SUP> <EM>Laboratorio de Ecología e Impactos
Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad
de Valparaíso, Chile</EM><SUP>2</SUP> <EM>Laboratorio de Elasmobranquios
(ELASMOLAB), Instituto de Zoología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia,
Chile</EM><SUP>3</SUP> <EM>Universidade Federal de Rio Grande, Instituto de
Oceanografia, Laboratório de Elasmobrânquios e Aves Marinhas, Avenida Itália, km
8 s/n, Caixa Postal 474, 96201-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil</EM><SUP>4</SUP>
<EM>Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo,
Chile</EM>*Correspondence: F. Concha, Tel.: +56 63 221647; fax: +56 63
221315; email: <!--TODO: clickthrough URL--><A title="Link to email address"
href="mailto:francisco.concha@gmail.com" shape=rect><FONT
color=#007e8a>francisco.concha@gmail.com</FONT></A><SPAN class=bullet><SUP><FONT
size=3>†</FONT></SUP></SPAN> Present address: School of Biological Sciences,
Victoria University of Wellington, P. O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New
Zealand</DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>SUMMARY</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The external morphology of the egg capsule of
<EM>Bythaelurus canescens</EM> and its fixation to the substratum are described.
<EM>Bythaelurus canescens</EM> egg capsules are typically vase-shaped,
dorso-ventrally flattened, pale yellow in colour when fresh and covered by 12–15
longitudinal ridges. The anterior border of the capsule is straight, whereas the
posterior border is semicircular. Two horns bearing long, coiled tendrils arise
from the anterior and posterior ends of the capsule. The presence of
longitudinal ridges and long coiled tendrils at both anterior and posterior ends
of the capsule readily distinguish these egg capsules from those of other
chondrichthyans occurring in the south-east Pacific
Ocean.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>