Recapture of a tope shark tagged off Scotland

News Release Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere 21. May 2014 ————– A tope (Galeorhinus galeus) tagged off Scotland, United Kingdom, was recaptured in Portuguese waters, around Peniche. The individual was tagged under the “UK shark tagging program” (Ocean & Earth Science National Oceanography Centre, Southampton), that addresses 14 shark species. This program is aimed

Occurrence of the narrowmouth catshark in southern Brazil

Published online on 19. May 2014 Occurrence of the narrowmouth catshark Schroederichthys bivius (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) in southern Brazil Hugo Bornatowski, Lilyane Santos, Maurício De Castro Robert, Pedro Amadeus Weiser ABSTRACT: This paper reports the first record of the narrowmouth catshark Schroederichthys bivius from the coast of Paraná State, southern Brazil, increasing its distribution along the

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