Original scientific paper

On the occurrence of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) off the Slovenian coast (northern Adriatic)

Lovrenc LIPEJ ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI-6330 Piran, slovenia
Borut MAVRIČ ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI-6330 Piran, slovenia
Žiga DOBRAJC ; Marine Biology Station, National Institute of Biology, Fornače 41, SI-6330 Piran, slovenia
Christian CAPAPÉ ; Laboratoire d’Ichtyologie, case 104, Université Montpellier II,

Abstract

The paper deals with a new record of the juvenile sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) in the waters off Piran. This record confirms again the fact that the northern Adriatic Sea should be considered as a nursery area for this species. This fact, together with the general lack of knowledge on other shark species, show the need for systematic research of elasmobranch populations in the Slovenian part of the Gulf of Trieste.

Keywords

Chondrichthyes; Carcharhinidae; Carcharhinus plumbeus; nursery area; status; Slovenian coast; northern Adriatic

Hrčak ID:

31816

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/31816

Publication date:

1.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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