Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to present the morphometric and meristic data of Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) which caught from Mersin Bay (coordinate: 36°13'44.8"N34° 01'42.1"E, 36°14'28.2"N 34°02'19.6"E) in February 2019. The total length of this shark specimen, which caught from a depth of 20 m, is 115 cm, and its weight is 11.5 kg. Morphometric measurements of the individual made, its photographs were taken and given the catalog number (MEUFC-19-11-104) and recorded in the Museum of the Systematic, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University.
Highlights
Carcharhinus brevipinna belongs to the Carcharhinidae family of Carcharhiniformes
The most compelling character that separates C. brevipinna from C. limbatus is the position of the dorsal fin and the pectoral fin
The first dorsal fin of C. brevipinna located on the posterior of the pectoral fin
Summary
De Maddalena & Della Rovene (2005) have stated that there are twelve species of Carcharhinus “C. altimus, C. brachyurus, C. brevipinna, C falciformis, C. limbatus, C. obscurus, C. plumbeus, C. acarenatus, C. longimanus, C. melanopterus, C. signatus, and C. amboinensis” in the Mediterranean Sea. the presence of eight species of Carcharhinus in the Mediterranean reported by Notarbartolo di Sciara and Bianchi (1998) and Serena (2005). C. falciformis has been reported as only irregular in the Western Mediterranean, as limited from the Alboran Sea, Algeria, Southern Spain, and the Eastern Atlantic (Barrull & Mate, 2002; Hemida et al, 2002; Moreno, 2004). (Castro, 1993; Carlson & Brusher, 1999; Thorpe et al, 2004; White & Potter, 2004; Reid et al, 2011) For this reason, it has been reported that the fishing pressure in the coastal waters can affect them. Morphometric and meristic measurements of the species were made to contribute to the ichthyological records of this study
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