TY - JOUR
T1 - First reports of smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), off the continental Ecuador
AU - Estupiñán-Montaño, Colombo
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
AU - Hacohen-Domené, Ana
AU - Estupiñán-Ortíz, Jose F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Scientific Society of Szczecin. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The first report of two smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810), off the continental Ecuador is presented herewith. The specimens were captured by the Ecuadorian fishing fleet and landed in Manta and Puerto López Canton, Ecuador. The juvenile female specimen was registered in November 2008 and the adult male in July 2009. Both of the specimens recorded extend the geographic range of distribution of O. ferox in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
AB - The first report of two smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810), off the continental Ecuador is presented herewith. The specimens were captured by the Ecuadorian fishing fleet and landed in Manta and Puerto López Canton, Ecuador. The juvenile female specimen was registered in November 2008 and the adult male in July 2009. Both of the specimens recorded extend the geographic range of distribution of O. ferox in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
KW - Ecuadorian Pacific
KW - Ecuadorian biodiversity
KW - New occurrence
KW - Range of distribution
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U2 - 10.3750/AIP2016.46.3.09
DO - 10.3750/AIP2016.46.3.09
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0137-1592
VL - 46
SP - 251
EP - 253
JO - Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
JF - Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
IS - 3
ER -