First record of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Autor:	Geiner Golfín-Duarte, Ilena Zanella, Maikel Pérez-Montero, Andrés López-Garro
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Tropical pacific geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Tropical Eastern Pacific Carcharhinus melanopterus National park Reef shark biology.organism_classification Fishery Carcharhiniformes General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Reef Bay
Zdroj:	Revista de Biología Tropical. :275-278
ISSN:	2215-2075 0034-7744
DOI:	10.15517/rbt.v60i3.28403
Popis:	The blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus, is one of the most common Indo-Pacific reef sharks. On April 29, 2012, a juvenile male blacktip reef shark measuring 89 cm total length (TL), was incidentally caught during a research expedition in Chatham Bay, Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, located in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. This is the first record of the species from Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, and from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Citation: López-Garro, A., I. Zanella, G. Golfín-Duarte & M. Pérez-Montero. 2012. First record of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Rev. Biol. Trop. 60 (Suppl. 3): 275-278. Epub 2012 Dec 01.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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