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Insights Into the Ecomorphology of the Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) in the Adriatic Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
This study examines how the morphology of Mediterranean blue sharks (Prionace glauca ) changes throughout their development. Using linear and geometric morphometrics, it reveals that juveniles and adults differ in fin and head shape, reflecting adaptations to different ecological and swimming demands.
P. Carbonara   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontogenetic stomach development in catshark Scyliorhinus canicula.

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2015
The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of vertebrates develops from a simple undifferentiated tube into highly differentiated regions for the digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Odete Goncalves   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Meal: Trophic Controls by Pelagic and Demersal Chondrichthyes in Two Different Mediterranean Marine Food Webs

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2025.
Pelagic and demersal sharks played different top‐down controls in the food web. Pelagic sharks act as apex predators impacting mesoconsumers. Trophic controls patterns by demersal sharks change according to ecosystem traits. ABSTRACT Pelagic and demersal Chondrichthyes can assume different patterns of trophic controls on marine food webs, sustaining ...
P. Ricci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanisms of endoderm formation in a cartilaginous fish reveal ancestral and homoplastic traits in jawed vertebrates

open access: yesBiology Open, 2014
In order to gain insight into the impact of yolk increase on endoderm development, we have analyzed the mechanisms of endoderm formation in the catshark S. canicula, a species exhibiting telolecithal eggs and a distinct yolk sac.
Benoit G. Godard   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inventory and comparison of abundance of parasitic copepods on fish hosts in the western Wadden Sea (North Sea) between 1968 and 2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A conspicuous part of the parasite fauna of marine fish are ectoparasites, which attach mainly to the fins or gills. The abundant copepods have received much interest due to their negative effects on hosts.
Boer, P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Multiple paternity and hybridization in two smooth-hound sharks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Multiple paternity appears to be a common trait of elasmobranch mating systems, with its occurrence likely driven by convenience, due to females seeking to minimize the stress of male harassment.
Gristina, Michele   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Report on the rare quagga cat shark landed [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Quagga catshark, Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) one of the rarest sharks in the family Scyliorhinidae (Order Carcharhiniformes) was observed at Muttom landing centre, Tamil Nadu on June 5 2017.
Ambarish, Gop P   +2 more
core  

Histochemical Study of Enzyme Activity in the Digestive Tract of the Small-Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) and the Smooth-Hound (Mustelus mustelus)

open access: yesFishes
The small-spotted catshark and the smooth-hound are cartilaginous, carnivorous fish with similar depth ranges in their habitats. These two species are among the most abundant elasmobranchs in the Adriatic Sea and are frequently caught by local fishermen ...
Lucija Devčić   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fishes of the deep demersal habitat at Ngazidja (Grand Comoro) Island, Western Indian Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Underwater observations of the coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939, from a research submersible provided opportunities to study the deep demersal fish fauna at the Comoro Islands. The demersal habitat in depths of 150–400 m at the volcanic island
Fricke, H, Heemstra, P C, Hissmann, K
core   +2 more sources

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