Growth parameters and spawning season estimation of four important flyingfishes in the Kuroshio Current off Taiwan and implications from comparisons with global …

SK Chang, TL Yuan, SD Hoyle, JH Farley… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Growth shapes the life history of fishes. Establishing appropriate aging procedures and
selecting representative growth models are important steps in developing stock …

Batoid abundances, spatial distribution, and life history traits in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea): Bridging a knowledge gap through three decades of …

ML Geraci, S Ragonese, D Scannella, F Falsone… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Batoid species are cartilaginous fish commonly known as rays, but they
also include stingrays, electric rays, guitarfish, skates, and sawfish. These species are very …

Ontogenetic shift in diet and trophic role of Raja clavata inferred by stable isotopes and stomach content analysis in the Sea of Marmara

G Gül, N Demirel - Journal of fish Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Trophic ecology studies on predator–prey interactions reveal insights into ecological
communities and help understand a species' role in the food web by contributing to …

Bio-ecological features update on eleven rare cartilaginous fish in the Central-Western Mediterranean Sea as a contribution for their conservation

A Mulas, A Bellodi, P Carbonara, A Cau, MF Marongiu… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cartilaginous fish are commonly recognized as key species in marine ecosystems for their
fundamental ecological role as top predators. Nevertheless, effective management plans for …

Strongly structured populations and reproductive habitat fragmentation increase the vulnerability of the Mediterranean starry ray Raja asterias (Elasmobranchii …

G Catalano, V Crobe, A Ferrari, R Baino… - Aquatic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mediterranean starry ray (Raja asterias) populations within the Mediterranean
Sea are susceptible to high rates of bycatch in the multispecies trawl fisheries …

Length-weight relationships and otolith-based growth curves for brushtooth lizardfish off taiwan with observations of region and aging–material effects on global …

SK Chang, YT Chou, SD Hoyle - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Establishing appropriate aging procedures and growth models are two important steps for
estimating reliable growth curves and in developing proper stock assessments. Lizardfishes …

Exploitation and Conservation Status of the Thornback Ray (Raja clavata) in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)

F Ferragut-Perello, S Ramírez-Amaro, AC Tsikliras… - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fisheries management requires the best scientific knowledge on the exploitation and
conservation status of stocks. This is challenging for by-catch species, for which necessary …

Blondes do it better? A comparative study on the morphometry and life-history traits of commercially important skates blonde ray Raja brachyura, thornback ray Raja …

KJM Thys, L Lemey, N Van Bogaert - Fisheries Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to data limitation and challenges with species-specific reporting, the management of
European skate fisheries currently lacks measures tailored to individual species. Given …

Tracing Patterns and Biodiversity Aspects of the Overlooked Skates and Rays (Subclass Elasmobranchii, Superorder Batoidea) in Greece

A Chatzispyrou, C Koutsikopoulos - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Species belonging to the superorder Batoidea have been poorly assessed due to the lack of
information on their life history aspects and their limited economic value. This work presents …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing thornback ray growth pattern in different areas of Western-Central Mediterranean Sea through a Multi-Model Inference analysis

A Bellodi, A Massaro, W Zupa, M Donnaloia… - Journal of Sea …, 2022 - Elsevier
The lack of information on age validation often affects ageing studies in cartilaginous fish,
even in the most common species. Recently, the annual growth band deposition pattern has …