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N V Rodrigues1, J P S Correia, J T C Graça
1GIRM-School of Tourism and Maritime Technology, Marine Resources Research Group, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2520-641 Peniche, Portugal. nuno@flyingsharks.eu
Journal of Fish Biology
|September 11, 2012
Abstract:
A whale shark Rhincodon typus was found in a set-net in southern Portugal in October 2011. This was the first record for continental Europe and represents an increase of the species' known range. Upwelling events and increase in sea-surface temperatures are possible reasons for this occurrence.