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First record of Carcharhinus plumbeus (Pisces: Carcharhinidae) from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2004

P. Consoli
Affiliation:
Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico IAMC-CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
T. Romeo
Affiliation:
ICRAM, Roma, Italy
G. Florio
Affiliation:
Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico IAMC-CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
F. Perdichizzi
Affiliation:
Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico IAMC-CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy
S. Greco
Affiliation:
ICRAM, Roma, Italy
M. Vacchi
Affiliation:
ICRAM, Roma, Italy
P. Rinelli
Affiliation:
Istituto Sperimentale Talassografico IAMC-CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy

Abstract

One juvenile specimen of the sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus was recorded for the first time from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. The specimen has been collected in an area of the Sicilian coast where trawling is banned except for scientific purposes. Morphometrics and meristics data are given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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