July 20th, 2020

A new genus of Rhinebothriidea from species of Psammobatis

A new genus of Rhinebothriidea from species of Psammobatis

A new genus of Rhinebothriidea from species of Psammobatis (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) off Argentina SEBASTIAN FRANZESE, VERONICA A. IVANOV ABSTRACT: Two species of a new genus of Rhinebothriidea have been collected from species of Psammobatis Günther along the coast of Argentina. Semiorbiseptum gen. nov. is considered a rhinebothriidean for the presence of facially loculated bothridia borne

Chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1

Chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1

An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyan fishes inhabiting the northern Gulf of Mexico Part 1: Batoidea CHRISTIAN M. JONES, WILLIAM B. III DRIGGERS, KRISTIN M. HANNAN, ERIC R. HOFFMAYER, LISA M. JONES, SANDRA J. RAREDON ABSTRACT: Herein we consolidate the information available concerning the biodiversity of batoid fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including

Tasmania: 10 year-old boy stable after shark attack

Tasmania: 10 year-old boy stable after shark attack

News Release Ambulance Tasmania 16. July 2020 — — — — — — — — — A 10 year-old boy has been taken to the North West Regional Hospital following a shark attack this afternoon off Stanley on Tasmania’s North West Coast. The boy, from the North-West, was aboard a six-metre vessel on a fishing

Daily and seasonal movements of Cape Cod gray seals vary with predation risk

Daily and seasonal movements of Cape Cod gray seals vary with predation risk

Daily and seasonal movements of Cape Cod gray seals vary with predation risk Jerry H. Moxley, Gregory Skomal, John Chisholm, Patrick Halpin, David W. Johnston ABSTRACT: White sharks Carcharodon carcharias and gray seals Halichoerus grypus are re-establishing their ecological roles within the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, presenting an opportunity to understand gray seal movement and at-sea

Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks

Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks

Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of immature Australasian white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Julia L.Y. Spaet, Toby A. Patterson, Russell W. Bradford, Paul A. Butcher ABSTRACT: In Australian and New Zealand waters, current knowledge on white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) movement ecology is based on individual tracking studies using relatively small numbers of tags. These studies describe a species