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