Record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae) from the south-western Atlantic.

This paper reports the first well-documented specimen of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni in the south-western Atlantic, based on a mature male measuring 3152 mm total length, caught on 27 November 2008 off the Rio de Janeiro coast, south-east Brazil.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Rincon, Getulio, Vaske Junior, Teodoro, Gadig, Otto Bismarck Fazzano [UNESP]
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/407
Acesso em linha:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8567858&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S1755267211000923
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/407
Access Level:acceso abierto
Descrição
Resumo:This paper reports the first well-documented specimen of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni in the south-western Atlantic, based on a mature male measuring 3152 mm total length, caught on 27 November 2008 off the Rio de Janeiro coast, south-east Brazil.