Isotopic enrichment in Rhizoprionodon porosus (Poey, 1861) and Carcharhinus porosus (Ranzani, 1840) embryos.

Isotopic values of two Caribbean sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon porosus litters (Poey, 1861) with two and three embryos and one litter of 11 smalltail shark Carcharhinus porosus embryos showed enriched 15 N and 13 C compared to their mothers. In R. porosus, embryonic isotope values were 3.06 ± 0.07‰ and 0.69 ± 0.15‰ greater than their mothers' for δ15 N and δ13 C, respectively, whereas in C. porosus, δ15 N and δ13 C were 1.79 ± 0.09‰ and 1.31 ± 0.17‰ greater in embryos than their mothers.