Open AccessPrimer registro del tiburón quelvacho negro, Centrophorus squamosus (Chondrichthyes: Centrophoridae) (Bonnaterrre), para el Caribe de Colombia
Author(s) -
María del Pilar Parrado-Cortés,
William Zubiría Rengifo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
boletin de investigaciones marinas y costeras/boletín de investigaciones marinas y costeras
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2590-4671
pISSN - 0122-9761
DOI - 10.25268/bimc.invemar.2018.47.2.753
Subject(s) - bathyal zone , chondrichthyes , geography , caribbean region , humanities , fishery , biology , latin americans , art , benthic zone , linguistics , philosophy
This article presents the first record of Centrophorus squamosus for the Colombian Caribbean. This species is known to occupy bathypelagic habitats between 145 and 4000 m depth; its main feature is the shape and arrangement of its dermal denticles. The specimen found was caught with longline near Punta Polno, La Guajira department. This is the first evidence of the occurrence of this species in Colombian Caribbean offshore waters.