Catches of draughtboard shark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps) in the Tasmanian Southern Rock Lobster Fishery are considered an economic and potentially ecological issue. Consequently, there is interest in developing strategies to mitigate and minimise shark

The draughtboard shark Cephaloscyllium laticeps is a common oviparous catshark found in Australia. Studies on the reproductive seasonality of catsharks and the reproductive endocrinology of oviparous elasmobranchs are limited to a few species. The aim

Differential leukocyte counts were taken of blood smears collected from laboratory stressed adult Australian swellsharks Cephaloscyllium laticeps. We calculated the granulocyte (combined count of heterophils and neutrophils) to lymphocyte (G/L) ratio