on several occasions, the need has been expressed to improve the identification of the
macroscopic maturity stages through a standardization of operational procedures and …

The Length-Weight relationships (LWRs) of 52 species (14 never reported before) of fishes,
crustaceans and cephalopods living on the shelf and upper slope off Southern Sicily are …

The thornback ray Raja clavata is one of the most abundant bycatch species of trawl fishing
in the waters of the Gulf of Gabès, but little is known about its life history in this area. The …

Spatiotemporal distribution of sharks collected by the Otter trawl in 2009-2001 and 2014-
2015 was studied for their biometrical characteristics, and fish assemblage and ecology in …

Data-Deficient (DD) species are currently under threat because of the paucity of information
regarding their abundance, distribution and biological traits. In this study we analysed …

Squalus blainville is one of the least studied Mediterranean shark species. Despite being
intensively fished in several locations, biological knowledge is limited and no genetic …

Abstract Knowledge of the diet and trophic level of marine predators is essential to develop
an understanding of their ecological role in ecosystems. Research conducted on the trophic …

The objective of this study is to contribute to the knowledge gap on the biology of the
longnose spurdog, Squalus blainville (Risso, 1827), that has very scarce information in the …

Aging chondrichthyans has been characterized as a slow and difficult process, but at the
same time it is considered of fundamental importance for the holistic management and …

Abstract Chloromyxum squali Gleeson and Adlard, 2012 originally described from Squalus
acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 is reported for the first time from the gallbladder of Squalus …