In this study, monthly changes in dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) feeding tactics and multi-species associations in Admiralty Bay and Current Basin, New Zealand were described from August to November 2005 and from May through August 2006. Concurrent changes in dusky dolphin abundance, prey characteristics, and locations of feeding bouts were examined. Data were collected during systematic surveys and focal follows of dolphin groups. During 335 dolphin feeding bouts (52 observed underwater), data were recorded M070I8;

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The common shovelnose ray (Glaucostegus typus) is a poorly studied species of the Rhinobatidae family that occurs throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Although common in aquariums throughout the United States, there are currently no records of captive birth events. In 2013, a female common shovelnose ray housed at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, Texas, USA gave birth to eleven pups. Although all pups were stillborn, this event demonstrates that it is possible to breed common shovelnose rays in a controlled environment. The single female and two male common shovelnose rays at the aquarium are of sexually mature size (between 206 and 240 cm total length, TL), demonstrate mating behaviors, and provide an excellent opportunity to investigate the reproductive biology of this species. Captive environmental conditions of the birth enclosure may be useful in replicating the birthing event in order to develop a breeding program that could potentially relieve collection pressures on wild populations of guitarfish given their vulnerable status.