Observations on a female Bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus (BONNATERRE, 1788) (Chondrichthyes: Echinorhinidae), caught off the Algerian coast (southern Mediterranean)

Abstract

      The authors report the capture of a bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus (BONNATERRE, 1788), off Annaba, on the eastern coast of Algeria, close to the Tunisian frontier. The specimen, probably, an adult female, was 2.54 m total length and its eviscerated weight 99 kg. A short description is given. The distribution of E. brucus in the Mediterranean is discussed.