ABSTRACT: The silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis is the primary elasmobranch bycatch in the global tuna purse seine fishery using fish aggregating devices (FADs). Information on the associative ...
It may not come to any surprise that shark predation attempts are one of the main causes of wounds reported in large filter-feeding elasmobranchs such as rays. While many do succumb to their injuries ...
PLATE 1. Figures 1–4: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (DGCUSB/BB-115,112), upper antero-lateral, Figures 5–6: Carcharhinus brevipinna (DGCUSB/BB-136), upper tooth, Figures 7–10: Carcharhinus perezi ...
It’s a new year, and the world has its first new species of shark in 2019. Meet Carcharhinus obsolerus! Though, it’d be wise to temper your expectations if you hope to see the newly-described species ...
A new species of shark has been identified based on a handful of preserved specimens, but scientists think the creature may already have become extinct. Known as the “lost shark”, the identity of the ...
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