First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus in la paz bay, mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates

Darren Whitehead; Felipe Galván-Magaña; Katherin Soto-López; Diego Juaristi-Videgaray; Fabián Cervantes-Gutiérrez; Edgar Eduardo Becerril-García

doi:10.3856/vol47-issue3-fulltext-19

First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus in la paz bay, mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates

Darren Whitehead, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Katherin Soto-López, Diego Juaristi-Videgaray, Fabián Cervantes-Gutiérrez, Edgar Eduardo Becerril-García

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This paper is the first report with morphometric measurements in the Eastern Tropical Pacific of a deceased 5.48 m juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus, from a rare stranding in La Paz Bay in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Biological measurements and age estimation are provided by the analysis of photographs and growth in rings from vertebrae.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	575-579
Number of pages	5
Journal	Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3856/vol47-issue3-fulltext-19
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Age
Gulf of California
Rhincodon typus
Stranding
Vertebrae

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Whitehead, D., Galván-Magaña, F., Soto-López, K., Juaristi-Videgaray, D., Cervantes-Gutiérrez, F., & Becerril-García, E. E. (2019). First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus in la paz bay, mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 47(3), 575-579. https://doi.org/10.3856/vol47-issue3-fulltext-19

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