Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae)

Essential Fish Habitat for Atlantic Sharpnose:

• Neonate/early juveniles (55 cm TL): Shallow coastal areas including bays and estuaries out to the 25 m isobath from Galveston Island south to the Rio Grande (Texas/Mexico border); from Daytona Beach north to Cape Hatteras, NC. Additionally, as displayed on Fig. 32e: shallow coastal bays and estuaries less than five meters deep, from Apalachee Bay to St. Andrews Bay, FL.
  
  

• Late juveniles/subadults (56 to 84 cm TL): Shallow coastal areas including bays and estuaries out to the 25 m isobath from Galveston Island south to the Rio Grande (Texas/Mexico border); off Louisiana from the Atchafalya River to Mississippi River Delta out to the 40 m isobath; from Daytona Beach, FL north to Cumberland Island, GA; Hilton Head Island, SC north to Cape Hatteras, NC out to the 25 m isobath (slightly deeper - to the 50 m isobath off North Carolina).
  
  

• Adults (85 cm TL): From Cape May, NJ south to the North Carolina/ South Carolina border; shallow coastal areas north of Cape Hatteras, NC to the 25 m isobath; south of Cape Hatteras between the 25 and 100 m isobaths; offshore St. Augustine, FL to Cape Canaveral, FL from inshore to the100 m isobath, Mississippi Sound from Perdido Key to the Mississippi River Delta to the 50 m isobath; coastal waters from Galveston to Laguna Madre, TX to the 50 m isobath.