Title
First reports of megamouth shark, megachasma pelagios taylor, compagno & struhsaker, 1983 (Lamniformes, megachasmidae), in peru
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
Megamouth Shark, Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker, 1983, is one of the least-known shark species worldwide. We report the encounters of four megamouth sharks: one caught in a driftnet off Piura (November 2016; sex indeterminate), one landed in Los Organos (July 2018; female), one stranded in El Ñuro (July 2018; sex indeterminate, ca 300 m total length), and one caught in a purse seine off Lambayeque (June 2019; female, total length ca 300 cm). These are the first records from Peru and expand the species’ known southern limit by 415 km. With the addition of M. pelagios, there are 67 species of sharks in Peru.
Start page
1361
End page
1367
Volume
16
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097430328
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Sponsor(s)
Hernandez who helped collect data in the field, to the fishers from Los Organos who allowed us to study one of their specimens; to the fishers from Mancora, especially to captain H. Lazo and his crew, J. Olivos, H. Aponte, J. Flores, and J. Becerra, for their kindness and for allowing ATC to board their vessel to collect data; to D. Ebert for the identification of the specimens and advice; to the BioAl SAC research center and its director, M. Santa Maria; to C.R. Gonzalez and D. Huerta for preparing the map; to K. Bennett and D. Biffi for proofreading the manuscript; and to the reviewers for helping to improve the manuscript. ATC was funded by the New England Aquarium and Ocean Classrooms.
Sources of information:
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