Table 1 Age estimates for specimens of Galeorhinus cuvieri using the von Bertalanffy functions for living relatives. All of the specimens are predicted to represent juveniles well before — or in some cases near — sexual and somatic maturity

  Galeorhinus galeus*

M

0.1675

158.33

-1.2545

8+

3.94

3.94

2.16

2.87

2.23

1.24

[38]

  Galeorhinus galeus*

F

0.1600

161.83

-1.2818

10+

3.97

3.97

2.19

2.90

2.26

1.26

[38]

  Galeorhinus galeus*

C

0.1693

160.04

-1.2699

8-10+

3.95

3.95

2.17

2.88

2.24

1.24

[38]

  Galeorhinus galeus ^{§ R1}

M

0.154

142.9

-1.64

12-17

5.06

5.06

2.64

3.59

2.73

1.44

[39]

  Galeorhinus galeus ^{§ R1}

F

0.086

179.2

-2.68

13-15

5.70

5.70

2.97

4.08

3.08

1.49

[39]

  Galeorhinus galeus ^{§ R1}

C

0.104

165.8

-2.37

12-17

5.41

5.41

2.80

3.85

2.90

1.42

[39]

  Galeorhinus galeus ^{§ R2}

C

0.086

180.4

-2.48

12-17

5.81

5.81

3.13

4.22

3.23

1.66

[39]

  Galeorhinus galeus ^{§ LF}

C

0.131

154.9

-1.91

12-17

4.97

4.97

2.59

3.54

2.68

1.36

[39]

  Mustelus mustelus

M

0.12

145.1

-2.14

6-9

6.24

6.24

3.24

4.41

3.35

1.74

[63]

  Mustelus mustelus

F

0.06

204.96

-3.55

12-15

6.38

6.38

3.29

4.56

3.41

1.55

[63]

  Mustelus mustelus

C

0.06

198.94

-3.82

6-15

6.53

6.53

3.28

4.61

3.41

1.46

[63]

  Triakis semifasciata

M

0.089

149.9

-2.31

7+

8.38

8.38

4.62

6.10

4.76

2.71

[64]

  Triakis semifasciata

F

0.073

160.2

-2.31

10+

9.39

9.39

5.41

7.00

5.56

3.32

[64]

  Triakis semifasciata

C

0.082

153.6

-2.31

7-10+

8.83

8.83

4.96

6.50

5.11

2.97

[64]

  Carcharrhinus leucas

C

0.076

285

-3

M: 14-15

2.13

2.13

0.65

1.27

0.71

-0.24

[65]

F: 18+

  Carcharhinus plumbeus

C

0.046

186

-6.45

30

8.39

8.39

3.63

5.57

3.81

1.01

[66]

  Negaprion brevirostris

C

0.057

317.65

-2.302

M: 11.6+

3.70

3.70

1.99

2.71

2.07

0.97

[67]

F: 12.7+

  Sphyrna lewini

M

0.131

336.4

-1.09

4.3+

1.35

1.35

0.66

0.95

0.69

0.25

[68]

  Sphyrna lewini

F

0.156

353.3

-0.633

5.8+

1.30

1.30

0.76

0.99

0.78

0.43

[68]

  Galeus sauteri

M

0.081

70.1

-0.527

9+

—

—

50.76 x

—

80.37 x

17.63

[69]

  Galeus sauteri

F

0.089

69.8

-0.307

7+

—

—

49.90 x

—

—

16.39

[69]

  Rhizoprionodon taylori

M

1.337

65.2

-0.41

1

—

—

—

—

—

0.91

[70]

  Rhizoprionodon taylori

F

1.013

73.2

-0.455

1

—

—

2.37

—

2.63

0.87

[70]

  Scyliorhinus canicula

M

0.118

87.42

-1.09

6.6+

—

—

12.11

18.74 x

12.58

7.06

[71]

  Scyliorhinus canicula

F

0.15

75.14

-0.96

7.9+

—

—

15.74

—

16.92

7.49

[71]