| a revision of phoreiobothrium (tetraphyllidea: onchobothriidae) with descriptions of five new species. | five new species of phoreiobothrium (cestoda: tetraphyllidea) are described from carcharhiniform sharks collected from a diversity of localities throughout the world. these are phoreiobothrium perilocrocodilus n. sp. from negaprion acutidens, phoreiobothrium anticaporum n. sp. from negaprion brevirostris, phoreiobothrium lewinense n. sp. from sphyrna lewini, phoreiobothrium robertsoni n. sp. from carcharhinus brachyurus, and phoreiobothrium blissorum n. sp. from c. plumbeus, this brings the numb ... | 2005 | 16419764 |
| big catch, little sharks: insight into peruvian small-scale longline fisheries. | shark take, driven by vast demand for meat and fins, is increasing. we set out to gain insights into the impact of small-scale longline fisheries in peru. onboard observers were used to document catch from 145 longline fishing trips (1668 fishing days) originating from ilo, southern peru. fishing effort is divided into two seasons: targeting dolphinfish (coryphaena hippurus; december to february) and sharks (march to november). a total of 16,610 sharks were observed caught, with 11,166 identifie ... | 2014 | 25360274 |
| first reports of proliferative lesions in the great white shark, carcharodon carcharias l., and bronze whaler shark, carcharhinus brachyurus günther. | | 2014 | 25303333 |
| marine leech, stibarobdella macrothela (schmarda, 1861) (hirudinea, piscicolidae), parasitic on the whaler shark, carcharhinus brachyurus (günther, 1870) (chondrichthyes, carcharhinidae), in southern brazilian waters. | the presence of the sea leech, stibarobdella macrothela (schmarda, 1861) (hirudinea, piscicolidae), is marked in the south coast of brazil, based on the single specimen with 67 mm (ct), collected in the intergill ventral region of a whaler shark, carcharhinus brachyurus (günther, 1870) (chondrichtyes, carcharhinidae), adult male with about 2 m (ct), being treated of the first registrations of s. macrothela in the southwest atlantic and the parasitic association with c. brachyurus. | 2000 | 11241973 |