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Acta Adriatica, Vol. 61 No. 2, 2020.

Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.61.2.13

A new record of a great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias(Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) in the Strait of Sicily, Central Mediterranean Sea

Danilo Scannella ; Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council – CNR, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy
Michele Luca Geraci ; Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council – CNR, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy
Fabio Falsone ; Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council – CNR, Mazara del Vallo (Tp), Italy
Francesco Colloca ; Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Integrative Marine Ecology Department, Villa Comunale, 80121 Naples, Italy
Bruno Zava ; Wilderness studi ambientali, Via Cruillas, 27, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Fabrizio Serena ; Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council – CNR, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy
Federico Di Maio ; Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council – CNR, Mazara del Vallo (TP), Italy
Sergio Vitale ; Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnology (IRBIM), National Research Council – CNR, Mazara del Vallo (Tp), Italy

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Abstract

In November 2015 an immature male individual of great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus 1758), was caught as by-catch by a bottom trawler in the Strait of Sicily, in the Central Mediterranean Sea. The shark, reaching 266 cm in length and weighing 290 Kg, was identified and measured by means of a video provided by fishers. This record is discussed considering the available information on the presence of the great white shark in the area and confirms the importance of the Strait of Sicily for the conservation of this vulnerable species.

Keywords

Mediterranean Sea; elasmobranchs; large pelagic shark; biodiversity; threatened species

Hrčak ID:

250387

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/250387

Publication date:

28.12.2020.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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