... relatively recently, the fact, that male S cyliorhinus canicula use their mouths for grasping and biting females ... adult ( M ≥ 525 mm, F ≥ 550 mm) S . canicula show a sexual dimorphism in the epidermis and dermis, but that hatchling S . canicula are born with a sexually dimorphic epidermal layer ... classes with both hatchling and juvenile female S . canicula having significantly thicker epidermal layers than hatchling and juvenile male S . canicula . Adult female S . canicula were found to possess both a significantly thicker ...
Tópico(s): Turtle Biology and Conservation
2012 - Wiley | Acta Zoologica
Kenn Papadopoulo, David Villegas‐Ríos, Gonzalo Mucientes, Alina Hillinger, Alexandre Alonso‐Fernández,
... intensely harvested but understudied small spotted catshark ( Scyliorhinus canicula ) through acoustic telemetry in the Cíes Islands, a ... temperature) variables on the spatial behaviour of S. canicula . The mean residency index was low (0.27) ... essential knowledge of the spatial behaviour of S. canicula , with significant implications for the conservation and management ... protect the whole range of movements of S. canicula , but suggest a larger protection potential for females. To be effective for S. canicula conservation, MPAs should be appropriately sized and designed ...
Tópico(s): Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
2023 - Wiley | Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Neil Crooks, Lucy Babey, William Haddon, Adrian C. Love, Colin P. Waring,
... male biting as a copulatory behaviour in Scyliorhinus canicula has been widely speculated to occur, only relatively recently has this behaviour been observed. Male S. canicula use their mouths to bite the female's ... copulation. Previous work has shown that female S. canicula have a thicker epidermis compared to that of ... dermal denticles of mature male and female S. canicula are sexually dimorphic across the integument in areas ... peduncle). Sexually dimorphic dermal denticles in mature S. canicula could be a response to male biting/wrapping ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2013 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
María Valls, Antoni Quetglas, Francesc Ordines, Joan Moranta,
... eight demersal elasmobranchs, three sharks (Etmopterus spinax, Scyliorhinus canicula and Galeus melastomus) and five batoids (Myliobatis aquila, ... bottoms, euphausiids were the preferential prey for S. canicula and G. melastomus, while E. spinax fed mainly ... melastomus living on the upper slope and S. canicula from the continental shelf, respectively.High overlap was ... the continental shelf and the sympatric sharks S. canicula and G. melastomus on the slope.Significant overlap was also found between S. canicula and R. clavata on the continental shelf.Size ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2011 - Spanish National Research Council | Scientia Marina
A. Bozzanao, R. Murgia, S. Vallerga, Joe Hirano, Simon Archer,
The small spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and the blackmouth dogfish Galeus melastomus , whose depth distributions overlap in the upper part of the slope ( c . 500 m depth), ... ROS 24 and 30% longer, respectively, than S. canicula and, therefore, a potential for increased sensitivity. In ... ROS reached 53·4±4·1μm in S. canicula and 77·1±10·5μm in G. melastomus ... 7 and 3 cycles degree ‐1 in S. canicula and 2·4 and 4·2 in G. ... some of its main prey species. In S. canicula the visual pigment absorption (λ max of 496 ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2001 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology
Monique Mancuso, Giuseppe Panarello, Francesca Falco, Di Paola Davide, Serena Savoca, Gioele Capillo, Teresa Romeo, Presti Giovanni, Gullotta Eleonora, Spanò Nunziacarla, Bono Gioacchino, Salvatore Giuliano, Teresa Bottari,
... MPs ingestion by a Mediterranean elasmobranch species, Scyliorhinus canicula, adding new information on the potential impact that ... assess if the ingestion of MPs in S. canicula is related to sex, size and depth of ... liver. A total of 61 specimens of S. canicula were analysed. Forty-nine individuals (80.3 %) had ... abundant amino acids in the eyes of S. canicula. The relative fatty acid composition of the livers ...
Tópico(s): Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
2022 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
J. Michael Conlon, Kenji Yano, David Waugh, Neil Hazon,
... neuropeptide Y-related peptide from the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Endocrinology, 128: 2273–2279. Conlon, J. M., F. ... II and parvalbumin from an elasmobranch fish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Neuroendocrinology, 55: 230–235. Conlon, J. M., F. ... on lipid mobilization in the fasted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 93: 177–180. Courtice, G. ... of dogfish urotensin II in the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Am. J. Physiol., 265: R573–R576. Holladay, L. ... rate and stroke volume in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. J. Exp. Biol., 70: 77–92. Speidel, C. ...
Tópico(s): Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
1996 - Wiley | Journal of Experimental Zoology
J. Michael Conlon, Kenji Yano, David Waugh, Neil Hazon,
... neuropeptide Y-related peptide from the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Endocrinology, 128: 2273–2279. 10.1210/endo-128- ... II and parvalbumin from an elasmobranch fish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Neuroendocrinology, 55: 230–235. 10.1159/000126119 CASPubMedWeb ... on lipid mobilization in the fasted dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 93: 177–180. 10.1006/ ... of dogfish urotensin II in the dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula. Am. J. Physiol., 265: R573–R576. CASPubMedWeb of ... rate and stroke volume in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. J. Exp. Biol., 70: 77–92. Web of ...
Tópico(s): Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
1996 - Wiley | Journal of Experimental Zoology
W. Gary Anderson, J. Michael Conlon, Neil Hazon,
... perfused rectal gland preparation was developed for Scyliorhinus canicula that responded to dibutyryl 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate ... performance liquid chromatography from the intestine of S. canicula. The primary structure was established as Ser-Pro- ... secretion rate in the rectal gland of S. canicula in a dose-dependent manner with a maximal ... rectin, previously identified from the intestine of S. canicula.
Tópico(s): Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
1995 - American Physiological Society | AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Marta Muñoz-Baquero, Francisco Marco‐Jiménez, Ximo García‐Domínguez, José Luis Ros‐Santaella, Eliana Pintus, María Jiménez‐Movilla, Daniel García‐Párraga, Francisco Alberto García‐Vázquez,
... situ endangered species. The small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) is one of the most abundant shark species ... reproductive model. This study aimed to compare S. canicula male reproductive function in aquarium-housed (n = 7) ... results of the spermatozoa morphological study of S. canicula were consistent with previous results obtained in other ... of good in vitro semen quality in S. canicula housed in an aquarium, underlining their excellent potential ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2021 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Animals
Syafiq M. Musa, Daniel M. Ripley, Timo Moritz, Holly A. Shiels,
... growth and survival of small‐spotted catshark ( Scyliorhinus canicula ) embryos by incubating eggs in normoxia 15°C, ... 50% air saturation) the survival rate of S. canicula embryos dropped significantly and the temperature‐induced increase ... early ontogeny of a ubiquitous, coastal elasmobranch, S. canicula .
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2020 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology
Estefanía López‐Senra, Paula Casal-Beiroa, Miriam López‐Álvarez, J. Serra, P. González, Jesús Valcárcel, José Antonio Vázquez, Elena F. Burguera, Francisco J. Blanco, Joana Magalhães,
... CS, derived from the small spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula), blue shark (Prionace glauca), thornback skate (Raja clavata) ... ratios of CS-6 and -4 isomers (S. canicula and R. clavata). A dose-dependent response was observed for S. canicula (200 µg/mL vs 50 and 10 µg/ ... patterns discretely affected MSCs chondrogenesis; even though S. canicula and R. clavata CS up-regulated chondrogenic markers ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
2020 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Marine Drugs
Emre Yemışken, Joan Navarro, Manuela G. Forero, Persefoni Megalofonou, Lütfiye Eryılmaz,
... mustelus Linnaeus, 1758, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, Scyliorhinus canicula Linnaeus, 1758, Scyliorhinus stellaris Linnaeus, 1758, Squalus blainville , ... mustelus and the stomachs of G. melastomus , S. canicula and S. blainville included fish. S. blainville showed ... stellaris was narrower than M. mustelus and S. canicula but wider than S. blainville and G. melastomus . ... the area. There is no overlap between S. canicula and S. stellaris in trophic width.
Tópico(s): Identification and Quantification in Food
2019 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Alice Manuzzi, Lorenzo Zane, Antonio Muñoz‐Mérida, Andrew M. Griffiths, Ana Veríssimo,
... such as in the small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula). However, no evidence of genetic structure was found ... shaping the distribution of genetic diversity of S. canicula along the NEA. Significant positive spatial autocorrelation of ... new insights into the population structure of S. canicula along the NEA and serve as a reference ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2018 - Oxford University Press | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Janine M. Ziermann, Renata Freitas, Rui Diogo,
... and appendicular musculature of the shark model, Scyliorhinus canicula. In addition, we analyze the muscle development across ... muscles develop earlier than mandibular muscle in S. canicula.Our analyses reveal considerable differences in the formation of the pectoral and pelvic musculatures in S. canicula, reinforcing the idea that head tissues have contributed ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2017 - BioMed Central | Frontiers in Zoology
Vasiliki Kousteni, Paraskevi K. Karachle, Persefoni Megalofonou, Evgenia Lefkaditou,
... the diet of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula and the longnose spurdog Squalus blainville sampled by ... of cephalopod prey species was higher for S. canicula (N = 15) than for S. blainville (N = 10). ... 45% the mesopelagic. In the diet of S. canicula , the demersal squid Illex coindetii and the pelagic ... of the cephalopod prey. Differences observed between S. canicula and S. blainville in the condition of beaks ...
Tópico(s): Identification and Quantification in Food
2017 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Ramón Novoa-Carballal, Ricardo I. Pérez‐Martín, María Blanco, Cármen G. Sotelo, Dario Fassini, Cláudia Nunes, Manuel A. Coimbra, Tiago H. Silva, Rui L. Reis, José Antonio Vázquez,
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) was isolated from Scyliorhinus canicula (fin, head and skeleton), Prionace glauca (head), and Raja clavata (skeleton) by-products from fish processing industry using environmentally friendly processes. The molecular ... 6S ratio below 0.20) than for S. canicula (4S/6S ratio ca. 0.6). The existence ... shark). The good extraction yields achieved make S. canicula, P. glauca and R. clavata fish industry by- ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
2016 - Elsevier BV | Carbohydrate Polymers
Lauren E. Smith, Craig P. O’Connell,
... behavioural responses of captive small spotted catsharks (Scyliorhinus canicula) and thornback skates (Raja clavata) were observed in ... Results demonstrate that both R. clavata and S. canicula; (1) significantly avoided the Nd2Fe14B magnets more often ... frequency associated with the avoidance behaviour of S. canicula was significantly slower (≤9 beats/10 s) in ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2013 - Elsevier BV | Ocean & Coastal Management
David Jacoby, David Sims, Darren P. Croft,
... to address whether juvenile small spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula aggregate and to determine whether potential aggregation is ... behaviour in this species was considered. Observed S. canicula association data compared to null model simulations of ... under different social contexts. Only familiar juvenile S. canicula aggregated more than would be expected from random ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology
Isabel Rodríguez‐Moldes, Iván Carrera, Sol Pose‐Méndez, Idoia Quintana‐Urzainqui, Eva Candal, Ramón Anadón, Sylvie Mazan, Susana Ferreiro‐Galve,
... in a shark, the lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula by analyzing the expression of some developmental genes ... and HoxA2 genes in early embryos of S. canicula showed close correspondence to what has been described ... GABA synthesizing enzyme) revealed the organization of S. canicula hindbrain in both transverse segmental units corresponding to ... interrhombomeric boundaries fade away, accurate information about S. canicula hindbrain subdivisions was achieved by comparing the expression ...
Tópico(s): Congenital heart defects research
2011 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Valentina Gargiulo, Rosa Lanzetta, Michelangelo Parrilli, Cristina De Castro,
... the cartilage of the lesser spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula, a cartilaginous fish) was isolated and investigated through ... the core protein. Therefore, chondroitin sulfate from Scyliorhinus canicula appears very similar to that isolated from shark, ... In the light of the results obtained, Scyliorhinus canicula chondroitin sulfate possesses a chemical structure compatible for ...
Tópico(s): Veterinary Equine Medical Research
2009 - Oxford University Press | Glycobiology
Karl R. Wotton, Kathryn French, Sebastian M. Shimeld,
... isolated a foxl2 cDNA from the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula (also known as the lesser spotted catshark), allowing ... subfamily. We demonstrate the early expression of Scyliorhinus canicula foxl2 in the mandibular head mesoderm and later ... the developing and elongating gill buds. Thus, S. canicula foxl2 is a marker for the mandibular mesoderm ...
Tópico(s): Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
2007 - Elsevier BV | Gene Expression Patterns
P Ivory, F Jeal, Conor P. Nolan,
... such information for the lesser-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula).Four samples of S. canicula, totalling 745 individuals (310 males and 435 females), ... increase the life history data available for S. canicula and form a valuable contribution to the implementation ...
Tópico(s): Fish Ecology and Management Studies
2004 - | Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science
Stefania Gorbi, David Pellegrini, Sara Tedesco, Francesco Regoli,
... were investigated in the coastal spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and in the red mullet Mullus barbatus for ... of metallothioneins were measured in these species. S. canicula showed significantly lower antioxidant enzymes and a more ... scavenging capability toward ROO was comparable in S. canicula and M. barbatus.
Tópico(s): Physiological and biochemical adaptations
2004 - Elsevier BV | Marine Environmental Research
W. Gary Anderson, Yoshio Takei, Neil Hazon,
... of two species of marine elasmobranch fish, Scyliorhinus canicula and Triakis scyllia, acclimated to 80 % sea water ... or decrease in the drinking rate of S. canicula. However, injection of 20 % NaCl was found to decrease drinking rate significantly in S. canicula 60 min after administration. Controlled haemorrhage of approximately 5.7 % of total blood volume in S. canicula induced a rapid 36-fold increase in drinking ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
2002 - The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology
John P. Sumpter, P. A. Denning‐Kendall, Philip J. Lowry,
... all equipotent in turning partially hypophysectomized dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula, dark. However, each possessed less than 2% of ... had no effect on the melanophores of Scy. canicula. Overall the results suggest that it is α- ... regulate physiological colour change in the dogfish Scy. canicula.
Tópico(s): melanin and skin pigmentation
1984 - Elsevier BV | General and Comparative Endocrinology
... of blood volume in the elasmobranch fish Scyliorhinus canicula following acute and long-term salinity transfers, Journal ... the blood volume of the Mediterranean dogfish,Scyliorhinus canicula, Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 9, no.22 (Apr ... rate during progressive hyperoxia in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula L.: Evidence for a venous oxygen receptor, Comparative ... Rhythms in the Motoneurons of Spinal Dogfish (Scyliorhinus Canicula), Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the ...
Tópico(s): Physiological and biochemical adaptations
1958 - University of Chicago Press | Physiological Zoology
Alina M. Wieczorek, Anne Power, Patricia Browne, Conor T. Graham,
... examines the diet of lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula , one of the most ubiquitous predators of European ... as it has known interactions with fisheries. Scyliorhinus canicula diet was investigated in Irish coastal waters during ... time‐integrated picture of the diet of S. canicula and allowed for a new estimation of their ...
Tópico(s): Marine and fisheries research
2018 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology
Victoria J. Wearmouth, Emily J. Southall, David Morritt, David Sims,
... movements of individual female small spotted catsharks Scyliorhinus canicula in the natural environment, whilst simultaneously evaluating the ... in the time–depth profiles of female S. canicula that occur at an appropriate depth (1·0– ... exhibited simultaneously by two individually tracked female S. canicula during late‐spring and early‐summer. The results ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2012 - Wiley | Journal of Fish Biology
Vasileios Bakopoulos, Euaggelia Tsepa, Αnastasia Diakou, Giorgos D. Kokkoris, Markos Kolygas, Foteini Athanassopoulou,
... parasitic fauna of the small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula in the north-eastern Aegean Sea was investigated. ... Anisakis sp. (prevalence 26.9%), respectively. Female S. canicula specimens were significantly more heavily infected during autumn ... P. obtusus and Anisakis sp. infections of S. canicula in the north-eastern Mediterranean. The lower prevalence ...
Tópico(s): Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
2017 - Cambridge University Press | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom