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<p>A specimen of common thresher shark <italic>Alopias vulpinus</italic> (Bonnaterre 1788) was caught in a fishing net in the waters off Piran (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea). It was a juvenile male with a total length of 2841 mm. In recent decades, other cases of juvenile specimens of common thresher shark have been recorded in Slovenian coastal waters. Despite the drastic decline in the population of this species, thresher shark continues to be caught in local Adriatic fisheries.</p>
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A specimen of common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) was caught in a fishing net in the waters off Piran (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea). It was a juvenile male with a total length of 2841 mm. In recent decades, other cases of juvenile specimens of common thresher shark have been recorded in Slovenian coastal waters. Despite the drastic decline in the population of this species, thresher shark continues to be caught in local Adriatic fisheries.

Note on a Juvenile Common Thresher Shark <italic>Alopias vulpinus</italic> (Bonnaterre 1788) in the waters of Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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Note on a Juvenile Common Thresher Shark  (Bonnaterre 1788) in the waters of Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea)

A specimen of common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) was caught in a fishing net in the waters off Piran (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic...

Note on a Juvenile Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) in the waters of Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Published Online: Nov 14, 2023

Page range: 183 - 187

Received: Apr 21, 2023

Accepted: Aug 29, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2023-0020

Keywords
Common thresher shark, Morphometrics, Record, Gulf of Trieste

© 2023 Lovrenc Lipej et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Note on a Juvenile Common Thresher Shark Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) in the waters of Slovenia (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Published Online: Nov 14, 2023

Page range: 183 - 187

Received: Apr 21, 2023

Accepted: Aug 29, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cjf-2023-0020

KeywordsCommon thresher shark, Morphometrics, Record, Gulf of Trieste

© 2023 Lovrenc Lipej et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Common thresher shark, Morphometrics, Record, Gulf of Trieste