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Fingerprints of the sea: Identifying sharks by their fins alone

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Oct 2026, 20:10 UTC. The headline in use is “Fingerprints of the sea: Identifying sharks by their fins alone”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Every oceanic whitetip shark has a fin pattern as unique as a human fingerprint. In a new study published in Marine Biology, FIU researchers identified more than 50 oceanic whitetip sharks by their fins alone using pelagic baited remote underwater video stations, pBRUVS, off the coast of Cat Island, the…
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Fingerprints of the sea: Identifying sharks by their fins alone
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