TY - JOUR
T1 - New record and morphometry of the bluntnose sixgill shark hexanchus griseus (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchidae) in Baja California Sur, Mexico
AU - Becerril-García, Edgar Eduardo
AU - Aguilar-Cruz, Carlos Augusto
AU - Jiménez-Pérez, Alexis Alejandro
AU - Galván-Magaña, Felipe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We report the first record and morphometry of a complete juvenile Hexanchus griseus female shark, caught in Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The oceanographic conditions of the area, where the specimen was caught, coincide with the habitat previously described for this shark species, with low temperature, stable salinity and high hydrostatic pressure. There is an overall lack of information about H. griseus in Mexico, with only eight records of its presence in the Mexican Pacific. Moreover, none of these previous records provided detailed information on the morphometry of a whole bluntnose sixgill shark. Here, we present the morphometric measures of a complete individual caught in shallow waters. We expect this information to be useful for future comparisons of specimens caught in other coastal regions.
AB - We report the first record and morphometry of a complete juvenile Hexanchus griseus female shark, caught in Punta Lobos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The oceanographic conditions of the area, where the specimen was caught, coincide with the habitat previously described for this shark species, with low temperature, stable salinity and high hydrostatic pressure. There is an overall lack of information about H. griseus in Mexico, with only eight records of its presence in the Mexican Pacific. Moreover, none of these previous records provided detailed information on the morphometry of a whole bluntnose sixgill shark. Here, we present the morphometric measures of a complete individual caught in shallow waters. We expect this information to be useful for future comparisons of specimens caught in other coastal regions.
KW - Bathyal zone
KW - Distribution
KW - Elasmobranchs
KW - Hexanchus griseus
KW - Tropical Eastern Pacific
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U2 - 10.3856/vol45-issue4-fulltext-20
DO - 10.3856/vol45-issue4-fulltext-20
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0718-560X
VL - 45
SP - 833
EP - 836
JO - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
JF - Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research
IS - 4
ER -