Identification Guide of the Main Shark and Ray Species of the Eastern Tropical Atlantic, for the purpose of the fishery observers and biologists
The aim of this guide is to allow a quick and easy identification of the main species of sharks and rays commonly observed in the landing sites in West Africa.
Publication Year
Geographical Coverage/Range
Global
Specimen type
Whole organisms
Taxa
Rhincodon typus
Alopias superciliosus
Alopias vulpinus
Isurus oxyrinchus
Carcharhinus altimus
Carcharhinus amboinensis
Carcharhinus brachyurus
Carcharhinus brevipinna
Carcharhinus falciformis
Carcharhinus leucas
Carcharhinus longimanus
Carcharhinus obscurus
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Carcharhinus signatus
Negaprion brevirostris
Prionace glauca
Rhizoprionodon acutus
Sphyrna lewini
Sphyrna mokarran
Sphyrna zygaena
Pristidae
Rhynchobatus luebberti
Rhinobatos albomaculatus
Acroteriobatus blochii
Glaucostegus cemiculus
Rhinobatos irvinei
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Manta birostris
Mobula rochebrunei
ISBN
2-9514914-9-2
Publisher
IUCN & FIBA