“…Elasmobranch hematology remains an area of much needed research (Grant, ). Documenting hematologic reference intervals for elasmobranchs assists veterinarians in better assessing animal health (Ferreira, Field, & Tuttle, ; Persky et al, ). Several parameters have been found that can influence blood results in aquatic species, such as temperature, stocking density, stress, venipuncture site, and salinity, as well as inflammatory lesions (Alexander, Parkinson, Grant, Carlson, & Campbell, ; Frick, Reina, & Walker, ; Mylniczenko, Curtis, Wilborn, & Young, ; Pickering & Pottinger, ; Skov, Larsen, Frisk, & Jokumsen, ; Sulikowski, Treberg, & Howell, ; Tullis & Baillie, ).…”