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Lucifora, L., Menni, R. & Escalante, A. Reproductive biology of the school shark, Galeorhinus galeus, off Argentina: support for a single south western Atlantic population with synchronized migratory movements. Environmental Biology of Fishes 71, 199–209 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-004-0305-6
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