An updated checklist of chondrichthyans of Calabria (Central Mediterranean, southern Italy), with emphasis on rare species

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Pubblicato: Dec 10, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23321
FRANCESCO L. LEONETTI
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-6678
GIANNI GIGLIO
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
AGOSTINO LEONE
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
FABRIZIO COPPOLA
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
CHIARA ROMANO
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
MASSIMILIANO BOTTARO
Stazione Zoologica "A. Dohrn" - Napoli, Italy
FRANCESCA R. REINERO
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
CONCETTA MILAZZO
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
PRIMO MICARELLI
Centro Studi Squali, Via della Cava, Massa Marittima (GR), Italy
SANDRO TRIPEPI
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
EMILIO SPERONE
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3180-7611
Abstract

In this contribution the checklist of chondrichthyans of Calabria (Central Mediterranean, southern Italy) is reported. Data presented is derived from twenty years of opportunistic and active surveys from 2000 to 2020. A total of 55 species of chondrichthyans is present in Calabrian seas: 33 sharks, 20 rays, and 2 chimaeras. These species represent approximately 62% of the total reported for the Mediterranean. Approximately 71% of Calabrian species have been reported in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 49% in the Ionian Sea, and 33% in the Strait of Messina. According to IUCN criteria, new records of Endangered and Critically Endangered species (i.e., Carcahrodon carcharias [Linnaeus, 1758], Lamna nasus [Bonnaterre, 1788], Cetorhinus maximus [Gunnerus, 1765], Mobula mobular [Bonnaterre, 1788], Sphyrna zygaena [Linnaeus, 1758]) are reported, together with the first record of Raya brachyura Lafont, 1873 for the Ionian coasts and probably third confirmed record of the rare chimaera Hydrolagus mirabilis (Collett, 1904) for the Mediterranean.

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