Occurrence of Hydrolagus macrophthalmus (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali: Chimaeridae) in the northeastern Pacific

Authors

  • Adrián F. González-Acosta
  • José Luis Castro-Aguirre
  • Dominique A. Didier
  • Rafael Vélez-Marín
  • Luis A. Burnes-Romo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2010.001.199

Keywords:

chimaerid fish, TEP, México, first record, range extension

Abstract

The southeastern Pacific chimaeroid Hydrolagus macrophthalmus De Buen, 1959, is reported for the first time in the northeastern Pacific on the basis of 1 male specimen (945 mm TL) caught on 13 April 1995 off Manzanillo, Colima (Mexico: 18º 30’N, 104º 15’W) at the surface above deep water (2 000 m). The first occurrence of this species increases the number of chimaeroid species known in the northeastern Pacific and expands their known range.

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Published

2010-04-01

Issue

Vol. 81 No. 001 (2010): abril

Section

NOTAS CIENTÍFICAS (cancelada desde 2017)