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ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to present the first documented record of the kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, in Albanian waters. Although Albania is situated at the confluence of two seas, and has an Adriatic as well as an Ionian coastline, D. licha was not recorded previously as present in Albanian waters, in either its Adriatic or Ionian parts. The kitefin shark individual was captured off the coast of Vlora by a professional fisherman and identified in situ by two researchers.
Key words: Kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, Chondrichthyes, Albanian coast, Adriatic Sea
SINTESI
Lo scopo di questo articolo è presentare il primo ritrovamento documentato dello squalo zigrino, Dalatias licha, nelle acque albanesi. Sebbene l'Albania sia situata alla confluenza di due mari e abbia una costa adriatica e una ionica, D. licha non è stata segnalata in precedenza nelle acque albanesi, né in quelle adriatiche né in quelle ioniche. Lo squalo zigrino è stato catturato al largo della costa di Valona da un pescatore professionista e identificato in situ da due ricercatori.
Parole chiave: squalo zigrino, Dalatias licha, Chondrichthyes, costa albanese, mare Adriatico
ABSTRACT
Namen tega prispevka je predstaviti prvi dokumentirani primer o pojavljanju klinoplavutega morskega psa, Dalatias licha, v albanskih vodah. Čeprav meji Albanija tako na Jadransko kot tudi na Jonsko morje, doslej D. licha ni bil potrjen v nobenem. Primerek klinoplavutega morskega psa je ujel ribič ob obali mesta Vlora, že na mestu samem pa st a ga določila raziskovalca.
Ključne besede: klinoplavuti morski pes, Dalatias licha, Chondrichthyes, albanska obala, Jadransko morje
INTRODUCTION
The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1 788), is a deep-water, benthic to mesopelagic species, mainly distributed in the western Atlantic, western Indian, and Pacific Oceans (Last & Stevens, 1994). The range of this species in the Mediterranean appears to be confined to the western and central basins of the Mediterranean, where it is considered as common (Baino et al., 2001; Navaro et al., 2014), while it is thought as rare in the eastern part of the basin (Ergüden et al., 2017). Occurence of the species has been documented several times off the western Mediterranean (Bottaro et al., 2005, Capapé et al., 2008) and Levantine coasts (Golani, 2005). Papaconstantinou (1988) reported the presence of the kitefin shark in the...