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New records of angular rough sharks Oxynotus centrina in the coastal waters of Malta, with observations on post‐capture resilience and release behaviour
Author(s) -
Koehler L.
Publication year - 2018
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.13641
Subject(s) - biology , fishery , shore , resilience (materials science) , zoology , oceanography , ecology , physics , geology , thermodynamics
One male and one female angular rough sharks Oxynotus centrina were caught south‐east of Malta between May and June at a depth of 60–100 m < 5 km from shore. The immature female (total length, L T 565 mm) was landed dead but the male (535 mm L T ) was found alive. This communication presents important biological observations on post‐capture recovery and release behaviour of this species.