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A first record of longfin mako, Isurus paucus, in the mid-North Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

N. Queiroz ,
S. Araújo ,
P.A. Ribeiro ,
P. Tarroso ,
R. Xavier  and
A.M. Santos
N. Queiroz*
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
S. Araújo
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia–Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
P.A. Ribeiro
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
P. Tarroso
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
R. Xavier
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
A.M. Santos
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Departamento de Zoologia–Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: N. Queiroz, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal email: nuno.queiroz@apece.pt
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Abstract

The occurrence of longfin mako, Isurus paucus is recorded for the first time in the mid-North Atlantic. Two specimens were caught, including a 215 cm stretched total length mature male, at 42°50′N 36°16′W by a commercial longline vessel targeting swordfish.

Keywords

Isurus paucuslongfin makoNorth Atlanticfirst recorddistribution
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e34
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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