2025/01/19 by Joshua K. Moyer, Jon F. Dodd, Stephen M. Kajiura · 1 voice
Environmental Science · #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Marine and fisheries research
paper · doi:10.1111/jfb.16047
openalex publication_date 2025/01/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A juvenile spinner shark, Carcharhinus brevipinna, was captured and released in the coastal waters of Rhode Island, USA, where range delineations based on historic records of spinner sharks and the species' congener, the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, are plagued by misidentification. The shark in question was within the size range of neonates for C. brevipinna and bore a partially healed umbilical wound. This highlights questions concerning the distribution of nursery habitats for the species along the East Coast of North America and how that may be altered by climate change.