About the Authors

Matthew L. Dicken

matt@shark.co.za

Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare, Alice. South Africa

Nigel E. Hussey

Affiliation University of Windsor–Biological Sciences, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Heather M. Christiansen

Affiliation University of Windsor–Biological Sciences, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Malcolm J. Smale

Affiliations Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Port Elizabeth Museum, Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Nomfundo Nkabi

Affiliation KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa

Geremy Cliff

Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa, Biomedical Resource Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa

Sabine P. Wintner

Affiliations KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa, Biomedical Resource Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MLD NEH. Data curation: MLD NEH HMC MJS NN SPW GC. Formal analysis: MLD NEH HMC. Funding acquisition: NEH HMC. Investigation: MLD NEH HMC MJS. Methodology: MLD NEH HMC MJS. Project administration: MLD NEH HMC MJS NN SPW GC. Resources: MLD NEH HMC MJS NN SPW GC. Software: SPW GC. Supervision: MLD NEH MJS. Validation: MLD NEH HMC MJS. Visualization: MLD NEH HMC. Writing – original draft: MLD NEH HMC. Writing – review & editing: MLD NEH HMC MJS NN SPW GC.