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Rediscovery of bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo after more than two decades of non-record on central coast of Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

José Amorim Reis-Filho ,
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio ,
Luciana Leite ,
Gabriel S.A. Oliveira ,
Miguel Loiola  and
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes
José Amorim Reis-Filho*
Affiliation:
ECUS, Institute of Education, Science and Socio-Environmental Utility, Rio Vermelho, 41940-250, Salvador, BA, Brazil Laboratório de Ecologia Bentônica and PPG em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia—UFBA, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, Ondina, 40170 115, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Cláudio L.S. Sampaio
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Unidade de Ensino Penedo, Avenida Beira Rio, Centro Histórico, 57200 000, Penedo, AL, Brazil
Luciana Leite
Affiliation:
Harrison House, Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Gabriel S.A. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ecologia Bentônica and PPG em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia—UFBA, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, Ondina, 40170 115, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Miguel Loiola
Affiliation:
ECUS, Institute of Education, Science and Socio-Environmental Utility, Rio Vermelho, 41940-250, Salvador, BA, Brazil Laboratório de Ecologia Bentônica and PPG em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia—UFBA, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, Ondina, 40170 115, Salvador, BA, Brazil Laboratório de Estudos de Recifes de Corais e Mudanças Globais, IGEO–UFBA, Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, Ondina, 40170 115, Salvador, BA, Brazil
José de Anchieta C.C. Nunes
Affiliation:
ECUS, Institute of Education, Science and Socio-Environmental Utility, Rio Vermelho, 41940-250, Salvador, BA, Brazil Laboratório de Ecologia Bentônica and PPG em Ecologia e Biomonitoramento, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia—UFBA, Rua Barão de Geremoabo, Ondina, 40170 115, Salvador, BA, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.A. Reis-Filho, ECUS, Institute of EducationScience and Socio-Environmental Utility Rio Vermelho, 41940-250, Salvador, BA, Brazil email: amorim_agua@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

We report the sighting of bonnethead shark Sphyrna tiburo juveniles <60 cm total length (LT) after more than two decades of apparent absence in Todos os Santos Bay (Brazilian eastern coast). A total of 8 specimens were collected on the Paraguaçu estuary during a Long Term Fish Monitoring Programme. The LT, total body mass and stomach contents are reported. Relevance for nursery areas to this threatened species is also discussed.

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threatened sharkestuaryTodos os Santos BayBrazilnursery areas
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e44
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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