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New record of smalltooth sand tiger in the Mediterranean
New record of smalltooth sand tiger Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the Mediterranean Alen Soldo, Rigers Bakiu, Nexhip Hysolakoj ABSTRACT: One shark was landed at the Naval Base Pasha Liman, Bay of Vlore, Albania, the Adriatic Sea. Photographic records only enabled the specimen to be placed in family Odontaspididae or Carchariidae. Later examination of the
A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries
A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries Lisa B. Whitenack, Brady L. Mickley, Julia Saltzman, Stephen M. Kajiura, Catherine C. Macdonald, David S. Shiffman ABSTRACT: Despite evidence of their importance to marine ecosystems, at least 32% of all chondrichthyan species are estimated or assessed as threatened with extinction. In addition to the
Tiger sharks support the characterization of the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem
Tiger sharks support the characterization of the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem Austin J. Gallagher, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Nourah A. Alsudairy, Andrew B. Casagrande, Chuancheng Fu, Lucy Harding, S. David Harris, Neil Hammerschlag, Wells Howe, Antonio Delgado Huertas, Sami Kattan, Andrew S. Kough, Andre Musgrove, Nicholas L. Payne, Adrian Phillips, Brendan D. Shea, Oliver N. Shipley,
First report of synophthalmia and leucism in a bull shark embryo
First report of synophthalmia and leucism in a bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) embryo from the southeastern Gulf of Mexico Armando T. Wakida-Kusunoki, Vicente Anislado-Tolentino, Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores ABSTRACT: An abnormal embryo (male of 465 mm total length) and 13 other embryos were removed from a pregnant female bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) caught in coastal