First record of the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) in the Chesterfield reefs (Coral Sea, Western Central Pacific)

Clua E., Imirizaldu M.

Published date: February 2017
Volume: 41
Number: 1
Pagination: 067-068
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2017-411-006
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How to cite: Clua, E., & Imirizaldu, M. (2017). First record of the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) in the Chesterfield reefs (Coral Sea, Western Central Pacific). Cybium, 41(1): 67-68. https://doi.org/10.26028/CYBIUM/2017-411-006

Abstract

A mission on the Chesterfield reefs (Coral sea, Western Pacific) in November 2011 allowed the unprecedented identification of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion acutidens.

Keywords: Carcharhinidae - Chesterfield Islands - Coral Sea - Genetic connectivity - Negaprion acutidens - Remote atolls
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