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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)

Data publikacji: 14 lis 2023

Zakres stron: 183 - 187

Otrzymano: 21 kwi 2023

Przyjęty: 29 sie 2023

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

Słowa kluczowe
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)

Data publikacji: 14 lis 2023

Zakres stron: 183 - 187

Otrzymano: 21 kwi 2023

Przyjęty: 29 sie 2023

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

Słowa kluczoweCommon 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.

Słowa kluczowe
Common thresher shark, Morphometrics, Record, Gulf of Trieste