When Scientific Reassessment Fails Citizen Science. Comment on Soldo, A. When Citizen Science Becomes Speculation: Evaluating the Reliability of Lamnid Shark Identification from Photographic Records in the Mediterranean. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2026, 14, 173

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This comment assesses the challenges and reliability issues in citizen science, particularly for identifying Lamnid sharks.
Analysis of Soldo's critique on photo-based identification methods.
Discussion of the variability in citizen-contributed data.
Evaluation of the implications for marine biodiversity assessments.
Identified key reliability issues in photographic records of Lamnid sharks.
Highlighted potential for misidentification and its implications for research accuracy.

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Comment evaluates the reliability of shark identification in citizen science, highlighting implications for marine research.

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