First record of the bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the Guatemalan Caribbean Sea
Sánchez Jiménez, Julio [autor] | Santana Morales, Omar [autor] | Ayala Donado, Josué [autor] | de los Rosales Melgar, María [autora] | Areano Barillas, Elisa M [autora] | González Jaramillo, Mónica [autora] | Pérez Jiménez, Juan Carlos [autor].
Tipo de material: Artículo en línea Tipo de contenido: texto Tipo de medio: computadora Tipo de portador: recurso en línea | Fishery-independent surveys using longlines at ~430-465 m depth, ~11 km northeast of El Quetzalito fishing village, were conducted in 2022 and 2023.Tema(s): Hexanchus griseus | Tiburones | Taxonomía de pecesTema(s) en inglés: Hexanchus griseus | Sharks | Fishes taxonomyDescriptor(es) geográficos: Guatemala Nota de acceso: Acceso en línea sin restricciones En: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. Volumen 52, número 2 (2024), páginas 307-311. --ISSN: 0718-560XNúmero de sistema: 64753Resumen:Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Artículos | Biblioteca Electrónica Recursos en línea (RE) | ECOSUR | Recurso digital | ECO40000064753 |
Acceso en línea sin restricciones
The Guatemalan Caribbean has a deepwater fishing area close to the shore around the Cayman Trench. This study reports the first record of the bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) from this fishing area. Fishery-independent surveys using longlines at ~430-465 m depth, ~11 km northeast of El Quetzalito fishing village, were conducted in 2022 and 2023. Two bluntnose sixgill sharks were captured during these surveys. The sharks were females with total lengths of 300 and 310 cm, with morphological characteristics consistent with this species. These are the first confirmed records of bluntnose sixgill sharks in the western Caribbean Sea. Expanding coastal fisheries to deeper waters presents an emerging threat to deep-sea chondrichthyans in the region. Therefore, periodic fisheries monitoring is needed to estimate their vulnerability to fishing pressure. eng