Identification of young‐of‐the‐year great hammerhead shark  Sphyrna mokarran  in northern Florida and South Carolina | Zendy

Barker A. M. | Zendy; Frazier B. S. | Zendy; Bethea D. M. | Zendy; Gold J. R. | Zendy; Portnoy D. S. | Zendy

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Identification of young‐of‐the‐year great hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran in northern Florida and South Carolina

Author(s) -

Barker A. M.,

Frazier B. S.,

Bethea D. M.,

Gold J. R.,

Portnoy D. S.

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of fish biology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 115

eISSN - 1095-8649

pISSN - 0022-1112

DOI - 10.1111/jfb.13356

Subject(s) - biology , bay , mitochondrial dna , fishery , zoology , identification (biology) , ecology , genetics , archaeology , gene , geography

Two sharks, visually identified in the field as young‐of‐the‐year ( YOY ) scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini , were identified as great hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran based on nuclear‐encoded single nucleotide polymorphisms ( SNP ) and sequences of mtDNA . Individuals were captured and released in Bulls Bay, SC , and Saint Joseph Bay, FL , in 2013 and 2014, respectively. These findings indicate S. mokarran may be pupping in or around these areas and highlight new regions that may be a productive focus for future research on early life history of S. mokarran .

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