Short communication, Note
NOTE ON A JUVENILE COMMON THRESHER SHARK ALOPIAS VULPINUS (Bonnaterre, 1788) IN THE WATERS OF SLOVENIA (NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA)
2023, 81 (4) p. 0-0
Lovrenc Lipej, Leon Zamuda, Borut Mavrič
Abstract
A specimen of the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) was caught in a fishing net in the waters off Piran (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea). It was a juvenile male with a total length of 2841 mm. In recent decades, other cases of juvenile specimens of common tresher shark have been caught in Slovenian coastal waters. Despite the drastic decline in the population of this species, thresher shark continues to be caught in local Adriatic fisheries.
Keywords
common thresher shark, morphometrics, record, Gulf of Trieste