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First record of basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in Mexico?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2009

J. Sandoval-Castillo ,
J. Ramirez-Gonzalez  and
C. Villavicencio-Garayzar
J. Sandoval-Castillo*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografía Biológica, CICESE, Km107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California 22860, Mexico
J. Ramirez-Gonzalez
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Elasmobranchs, UABCS, Carretera al Sur Km 5.5, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23080, Mexico
C. Villavicencio-Garayzar
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Elasmobranchs, UABCS, Carretera al Sur Km 5.5, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23080, Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Sandoval-Castillo, Departamento de Oceanografía Biológica, CICESE, km 107 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, 22860 Mexico email: sandoval@cicese.mx
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Abstract

On February 2003, in Punta Abreojos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) was caught. This specimen represents the first confirmed record in Mexico and the southern most report in north-east Pacific for the basking shark.

Keywords

Pacific OceanBaja CaliforniaTiburón Peregrino
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e19
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2005

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