Possible range extension in the endangered and understudied winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii)
Lubitz, Nicolas, and Barnett, Adam (2023) Possible range extension in the endangered and understudied winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii). Journal of Fish Biology, 102 (3). pp. 718-720.
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Abstract
Here the authors report on a possible range extension in the rare and understudied winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii). A specimen was captured by recreational fishermen in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, c. 800 km south of its current distribution. As winghead sharks show a clumped distribution in Australia associated with river outflow, Moreton Bay, with its large catchment area, may represent a suitable habitat for the species and previous occurrence may have gone undetected. Alternatively, climate change may have caused a recent southward shift in winghead sharks, as observed in other elasmobranch species along Australia's East Coast.
| Item ID: | 78390 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Short Note) |
| ISSN: | 1095-8649 |
| Keywords: | Australia, climate change, Moreton Bay, range expansion, winghead shark |
| Copyright Information: | © 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2024 03:15 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1805 Marine systems and management > 180504 Marine biodiversity @ 100% |
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