Yet again, another event proves just how little is known about the great blue ocean. Scientists were shaken when they discovered a large predator lurking beneath the depths of the waves. As they ...

The great hammerhead shark belongs to the Sphyrnidae family and is scientifically named Sphyrna mokarran, while the great ...

For example, the skates (members of Rajidae) and angel sharks (Squatinidae) are benthic species. The Lamnidae (white sharks) are pelagic, but in the upper depths only (Fowler et al., 2005).

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The SIO Marine Vertebrates Collection has over 1,050 species represented in the skeletal collection. This collection consists of dried skeletal preparations, indicated by "S" (usually as skulls with ...

The porbeagle shark is a member of the shark family Lamnidae, making it one of the closest living relatives of the great white shark. Porbeagle sharks are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List and ...

In the presente study, cluster analysis was performed to classify 1080 interviews with captains of national pelagic longline fleet (2000 to 2011), and 38 trips of the chartered fleet (2003 to 2008), ...