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New records of neonate and juvenile sharks (Heptranchias perlo, Squatina aculeata, Etmopterus spinax) from the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea

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Three species of neonate and juvenile sharks (Heptranchias perlo, Squatina aculeata, Etmopterus spinax) were captured as by-catch from a commercial trawl fishing from depths between 360 and 430 m in the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea. Two neonates of H. perlo, five neonates of E. spinax and one juvenile of S. aculeata were for the first time identified in the above region.

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    Nuri Başusta

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Başusta, N. New records of neonate and juvenile sharks (Heptranchias perlo, Squatina aculeata, Etmopterus spinax) from the North-eastern Mediterranean Sea. Mar Biodiv 46, 525–527 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0391-z

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