ADDITIONAL RECORDS OF SANDBAR SHARK, CARCHARHINUS PLUMBEUS (CHONDRICHTHYES: CARCHARHINIDAE) FROM THE NORTHERN TUNISIAN COAST (CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA)

Recent investigations conducted off Ras Jebel in the northern Tunisian coast have allowed a collection of 9 specimens of sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1825), 5 males and 4 females. They ranged in size between 890 and 2030 mm and weighed between 3.5 and 38 kg. Such captures confirm the occurrence of the species in an area where a viable population seems to be successfully established. However, the origin of the species remains uncertain, it probably migrated from southern Tunisia, where the species is rather abundant, or, possibly, from western areas, the Algerian coast, where it is also commonly caught.