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Northeast Pacific eelgrass fish communities characterized by environmental DNA represent local diversity and show habitat specificity

Environmental DNA, 2023
Fish biodiversity is an important indicator of ecosystem health and a priority for the National Park Service in Drakes Estero, a shallow estuary within Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California.
Deanna S. Beatty, Emma Deen, Collin Gross, John J. Stachowicz   +3 more
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Feeding habits of Chondrichthian Mustelus Mustelus - Smoothhound : Triakidae- in Syrian marine water

المجلة العراقية للاستزراع المائي, 2022
This study was performed on the smoothhound shark: Mustelus mustelus (Linnaeus, 1758), during the period between December 2005 and April 2009, in the Eastern Levant along the Syrian coast.
Malek Fares Ali, Adib Saad Saad, Haitham Kurbaj Kurbaj   +2 more
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Histochemical study of the oviducal gland and analysis of the sperm storage tubules of Mustelus schmitti Springer, 1939 (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae)

Pesquisa Veterinaria Brasileira, 2015
: The paired oviducal glands of immature and mature females of Mustelus schmitti were examined macro and microscopically. Findings indicate that these glands possessed the same zonation as in most chondrichthyans from anterior to posterior: club ...
Fernanda Gabriela Elías
exaly   +3 more sources

Rediscovery of one of the world's rarest sharks, the sailback houndshark Gogolia filewoodi, in Papua New Guinea. [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract A recent survey of artisanal and subsistence fishers in Madang, Papua New Guinea, resulted in rediscovery of the sailback houndshark Gogolia filewoodi. The five females and one male G. filewoodi recorded in 2020 and 2022 near the Gogol River mouth are the first verified records of this species since its description from a single specimen in ...
Sagumai J, Samuel RH, White WT, Grant MI.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Reallocation of the magnificent catshark Proscyllium magnificum Last & Vongpanich, 2004 to the genus Ctenacis Compagno, 1973 (Carcharhiniformes: Proscylliidae). [PDF]

J Fish Biol
Abstract The magnificent catshark Proscyllium magnificum was described in 2004 based off five specimens collected in the Andaman Sea off Myanmar. It was originally allocated to the genus Proscyllium, but recent molecular analyses suggested it was more closely related to the harlequin catshark Ctenacis fehlmanni from the western Indian Ocean. This study
White WT, O'Neill HL, Yang L, Naylor GJP.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Food and feeding habits of the blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from the northern Adriatic [PDF]

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2011
Background. The blackspotted smooth-hound, Mustelus punctulatus Risso, 1826, has been regularly caught in the northern Adriatic Sea, although a decreasing trend in its catches was observed off the coast of Slovenia within the last decade The knowledge of
L. Lipej, B. Mavriń, S. Rešek, M. Chérif, C. Capapé   +4 more
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Unusual record of a multiple predation of the Patagonian seahorse Hippocampus patagonicus by the Narrownose smooth-hound Mustelus schmitti in Argentine coastal waters

Marine and Fishery Sciences, 2021
Seahorses (Genus Hippocampus) are rarely reported as prey items. Their low population numbers, their ability to blend with the environment and their low palatability are the features making them an unsuitable option for predators. Five individuals of the
Mauro Belleggia, María G. Pujol, María L. Estalles, Daniel E. Figueroa, Diego C. Luzzatto   +4 more
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Assessment of a Social Media-Based Method for Determining Raptor Diet. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study mined social media as a citizen science method to reduce the time burden and biases associated with recording accurate diet information for predators. In total, 1985 prey observations were recorded of two Australian coastal raptors and were used to produce diet profiles that were compared by region, social media platform, and against other ...
Biggs L, Baxter GS, Debus SJS, Finch N, Riggs A, Houweling H, Appleby M, Murray PJ.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

New host and ocean records for Driocephalus cerebrinoxius (Sphyriidae, Siphonostomatoida) and a reconsideration of phylogeny within Sphyriidae. [PDF]

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2006
Background. Driocephalus cerebrinoxius is an unusual representative of an unusual family of parasitic copepods (Sphyriidae, Siphonostomatoida, Copepoda). This report documents new host and ocean records for D. cerebrinoxius and considers the phylogenetic
G.W. Benz, K. Nagasawa, A. Yamaguchi, B.C. Mcmeans, A. Mcelwain   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Triakidae Gray 1851

, 2018
Family Triakidae Mustelus canis (Mitchill, 1815) —No common name in Madeira; Dusky smooth-hound Fowler 1936: 61 | Noronha & Sarmento 1948: 97 | Maul 1948: 138 | Albuquerque 1954 –56: 106 and 107 | Nunes 1953: 82 Distribution in Macaronesia. recorded only from Madeira. Remarks.
Biscoito, Manuel, Ribeiro, Cláudia, Freitas, Mafalda   +2 more
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