First records of the Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus cf. pacificus in the western tropical Pacific.

Autor: Claassens L; Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau.; Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa., Phillips B; University of Rhode Island, Department of Ocean Engineering, Narragansett, Rhode Island, USA., Ebert DA; Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, USA.; South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa.; Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA., Delaney D; National Geographic Society, Exploration Technology Lab, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Henning B; National Geographic Society, Exploration Technology Lab, Washington, District of Columbia, USA., Nestor V; Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau., Ililau A; Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau., Giddens J; National Geographic Society, Exploration Technology Lab, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of fish biology [J Fish Biol] 2023 Nov; Vol. 103 (5), pp. 1214-1220. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 06.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15487
Abstrakt: Technological advances have enabled the expansion of ocean exploration to include the deep ocean, providing new species observations. Here, the authors present two new observations, captured by deep-sea cameras, of the sleeper shark Somniosus cf. pacificus from the Solomon Islands and Palau. This presents the first observation of S. cf. pacificus in the western Pacific tropics and extends its range about 2000 nautical miles south. The observations presented here provide much-needed information on the range of this species which can help guide future management and conservation actions.
(© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Fisheries Society of the British Isles.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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