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Scalloped hammerhead sharks swim on their side with diel shifts in roll magnitude and periodicity
Scalloped hammerhead sharks swim on their side with diel shifts in roll magnitude and periodicity Royer, M., Maloney, K., Meyer, C. et al. ABSTRACT: Background Great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) routinely swim on their sides and periodically roll from side to side. A previous study used wind tunnel tests with a rigid model hammerhead shark
Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema
Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan Simon Weigmann, Ofer Gon, Ruth H. Leeney, Ellen Barrowclift, Per Berggren, Narriman Jiddawi, Andrew J. Temple ABSTRACT: Recent sampling efforts in Madagascar and Zanzibar, as well as examinations of six-gilled sawsharks in several