First record of a stranded specimen of the sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Molidae), from the central coast of Peru

Autor: A. Moreno-Méndez, S. Campos-León, P. Béarez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, Vol 50, Iss 1, Pp 103-106 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1734-1515
DOI: 10.3750/AIEP/02762
Popis: The Molidae are a widely distributed family, but they are rarely encountered and their distribution and abundance have poorly been documented. A stranded specimen of the sharptail mola, Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1840), has recently been recorded on a Pacific beach in Peru. We examined, measured and photographed the specimen. It is very likely that the presently reported sharptail mola was originally captured by a Peruvian purse seiner or longliner and later discarded as a useless bycatch.
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