Effects of Including Misidentified Sharks in Life History Analyses: A Case Study on the Grey Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos from Papua New Guinea

• Jonathan J. Smart ,

  * E-mail: jonathan.smart@my.jcu.edu.au

  Affiliation Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Andrew Chin,

  Affiliation Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Leontine Baje,

  Affiliations Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, National Fisheries Authority, National Capital District, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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• Madeline E. Green,

  Affiliations Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Australia

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• Sharon A. Appleyard,

  Affiliations CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Australia

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• Andrew J. Tobin,

  Affiliation Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Colin A. Simpfendorfer,

  Affiliation Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture & College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• William T. White

  Affiliations CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Australia, Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO National Research Collections Australia, Hobart, Australia

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