OCCURENCE OF ADULT MALE AND JUVENILES OF Dipturus oxyrinchus FROM NORTH-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA

                   In this study, the juveniles and adult male of longnosed skate, Dipturus oxyrinchus (Linnaeus, 1758), were caught as by-catch from a commercial trawl fishing at depths between 300-410 and 360-400m in the international waters of Northeastern Mediterranean Sea. The juveniles and mature male of longnosed skate were found for the first time in this region.

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