Female wound records suggest mating periods for the Caribbean reef shark at an insular marine protected area from the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Rangel, Bianca S., Afonso, André S., Garla, Ricardo
• Other Authors: Beacon Development, KAUST – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Departamento de Fisiologia Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo. Rua do Matão, travessa 14, 321, CEP 05508-090, Cidade Universitária São Paulo SP Brazil, Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife Brazil, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, Department of Life Sciences University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Life history; Reproduction; Copulation; Elasmobranchs; Mating Season; Austral; Ricardo; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/681030; https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15212

Despite being one of the most abundant, economically-significant, reef-associated shark species, little is known about the reproductive aspects of the Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi). In the present study we report the first evidence of mating wounds and scars in female Caribbean reef sha...