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.