Nurse shark (G. cirratum) with depigmentation_PraiaReal_Maio_CV_@FMB.mp4

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An adult nurse shark with patchy depigmentation along its body, observed in Praia Real Bay, a bay where there is a relatively high nurse shark abundance, in Maio Island, Cabo Verde, on 10th July 2015 (photos by FMB). Published at the journal Zoologia Caboverdiana (Vol. 11, No. 1 - http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol11no1/ZoolCV2023_11_1_Ratao_etal_sharks.pdf)

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Darwin Initiative (Ref.: 2324), and Arcadia (Ref: 444, 2800) supported for conservation and research in Praia Real. SSR was supported by the FCT PhD grant 2022.11531.BD.

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hypomelanosis Abnormal pigmentation Cabo Verde Islands nurse shark Ginglymostoma cirratum Chondrichthyans

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Nurse shark (G. cirratum) with depigmentation_PraiaReal_Maio_CV_@FMB.mp4

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Darwin Initiative (Ref.: 2324), and Arcadia (Ref: 444, 2800) supported for conservation and research in Praia Real. SSR was supported by the FCT PhD grant 2022.11531.BD.

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