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Rediscovery of <strong>the</strong> rare and endangered Borneo<br />
Shark Carcharh<strong>in</strong>us borneensis (Bleeker, 1858)<br />
William White 1 , Peter R. Last 1 & Annie P.K. Lim 2<br />
1 CSIRO Mar<strong>in</strong>e & Atmospheric Research, Wealth from Oceans<br />
Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS, 7001, AUSTRALIA<br />
2 Fisheries Research Institute Sarawak, Jalan Perbadanan,<br />
93744, Kuch<strong>in</strong>g, Sarawak, MALAYSIA<br />
Carcharh<strong>in</strong>us borneensis is considered to be<br />
one of <strong>the</strong> rarest and most poorly known<br />
carcharh<strong>in</strong>id sharks, previously only known<br />
from five valid specimens, all of which are<br />
juveniles.<br />
Dur<strong>in</strong>g recent surveys of <strong>the</strong> shark and ray<br />
fauna of Borneo, a moderately large number of<br />
specimens were recorded from one locality off<br />
Sarawak.<br />
This species appears to have a very restricted<br />
range and actions to conserve it <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> small<br />
area it occurs are urgently required.
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