On the occurrence of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae) off the Slovenian coast (northern Adriatic)

Abstract

          The paper deals with a new record of the juvenile sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) in the waters off Piran. This record confirms again the fact that the northern Adriatic Sea should be considered as a nursery area for this species. This fact, together with the general lack of knowledge on other shark species, show the need for systematic research of elasmobranch populations in the Slovenian part of the Gulf of Trieste.