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A blacktip's black tip: The reliability of using dorsal‐fin patterns for photo identification of blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Photo identification (photo ID) has increasingly become a valuable technique serving not only to identify individual animals but also to monitor populations, track migration patterns and assess wildlife health, among others uses. Various species of sharks are amenable to photo ID, among which the blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
Laetitia A. M. G. Lionnet   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whale shark Rhincodon typus foraging on small schooling fish in the northern Mexican Caribbean

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregates in the Mexican Caribbean from May to September to feed on mixed zooplankton patches and fish spawn. For the first time in this area, we present evidence of observations of whale sharks feeding on schools of small fish, two in 2017 (10 individuals per flight) and one in 2024 (19 individuals).
Natalí Cárdenas‐Palomo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of the soapfish genus Rypticus (Teleostei: Grammistidae) from the eastern Atlantic Ocean

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract A new species of the soapfish genus Rypticus is described based on 14 specimens from the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The new species was previously misidentified as the greater soapfish, R. saponaceus, due to their similar appearance. However, it differs from R.
Gabriel Soares Araujo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Culture and conservation in baleen whales. [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Garland EC   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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