Determining the Authenticity of Shark Meat Products by DNA Sequencing Patrizia Marchetti, Anna Mottola, Roberta Piredda, Giuseppina Ciccarese, Angela Di Pinto ABSTRACT: Given that the global shark meat market is poised to grow in future years, the aim of this study was to use DNA sequencing of the cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) and NADH
First record of a morphologically abnormal and highly metal-contaminated Spotback Skate Atlantoraja castelnaui (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from southeastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Márcio L.V. Barbosa-Filho, Lucia Helena S. de S. Pereira, Catarina A. Lopes, Sérgio C. Moreira, Rafael C.C. Rocha, Tatiana D. Saint’Pierre, Paula Baldassin, Salvatore Siciliano ABSTRACT: This paper reports the first
Preliminary age and growth of the deep-water goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Jordan, 1898) Fabio P. Caltabellotta, Zachary A. Siders, Gregor M. Cailliet, Fabio S. Motta, Otto B. F. Gadig ABSTRACT: Owing to poorly mineralising structures, ageing deep-water elasmobranchs requires unconventional techniques. The aim of the present study was to develop an ageing method for the