First reports of smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), off the continental Ecuador | Zendy

C. Estupiñán-Montaño | Zendy; Felipe GalvánMagaña | Zendy; Ana HacohenDomené | Zendy; José Félix ESTUPIÑÁN-ORTIZ | Zendy

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First reports of smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), off the continental Ecuador

Author(s) -

C. Estupiñán-Montaño,

Felipe GalvánMagaña,

Ana HacohenDomené,

José Félix ESTUPIÑÁN-ORTIZ

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

acta ichthyologica et piscatoria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1734-1515

pISSN - 0137-1592

DOI - 10.3750/aip2016.46.3.09

Subject(s) - elasmobranchii , tiger , geography , continental shelf , fishery , juvenile , range (aeronautics) , fishing , biology , ecology , materials science , computer security , computer science , composite material

The fi rst 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 fi shing fl eet 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 Pacifi c Ocean.

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