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On an old record of Carcharodon carcharias (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) from the Bosphoric waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2011

Hakan Kabasakal
Hakan Kabasakal*
Affiliation:
Ichthyological Research Society, Tantavi Mahallesi, Menteşoğlu Caddesi, İdil Apt., no. 30, D: 4, Ümraniye, TR-34764 İstanbul, Turkey
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Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Kabasakal, Ichthyological Research Society, Tantavi Mahallesi, Menteşoğlu Caddesi, İdil Apt., no. 30, D: 4, Ümraniye TR-34764, İstanbul, Turkey email: hakankabasakal@superposta.com
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Abstract

A female great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, was caught by a tuna hand-liner in the Bosphorus Strait, in late March 1968. Its total length was estimated to be 551 cm and precaudal length 433 cm. Carcharodon carcharias now seems to be extinct from the Sea of Marmara due to the decline of tuna populations in the Marmaric waters.

Keywords

white sharkCarcharodonBosphorusoccurrencehistorical
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e61
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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