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Chromosome-Level Assembly and Annotation of the Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Genome

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Genome Biology and Evolution"

DOI: 10.1101/2025.06.07.658398

Abstract: To date only four of nine shark orders have nuclear reference genomes, despite next-generation sequencing advances. Particularly for threatened shark species, there is a lack of reliable genomes which are crucial in facilitating research and… read more here.

Keywords: reef shark; grey reef; shark; genome ... See more keywords

Size Assessment of the Gray Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos Inferred from Teeth Marks on Human Wounds

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Journal of Forensic Sciences"

DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13738

Abstract: An accurate assessment of the biting shark size is paramount for better understanding the agonistic behavior of a species toward humans. The gray reef shark is involved in many accidental bites. Based on the capture… read more here.

Keywords: reef shark; gray reef; size; assessment ... See more keywords

Female wound records suggest mating periods for the Caribbean reef shark at an insular marine protected area from the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean.

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of fish biology"

DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15212

Abstract: Despite being one of the most abundant, economically-significant, reef-associated shark species, little is known about the reproductive aspects of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi). In the present study we report the first evidence of… read more here.

Keywords: reef; atlantic ocean; caribbean reef; reef shark ... See more keywords

New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Check List"

DOI: 10.15560/15.2.265

Abstract: This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found… read more here.

Keywords: macrothela; reef shark; record; pontobdella macrothela ... See more keywords