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First record of the spottail moray Gymnothorax equatorialis (Angilliformes: Muraenidae) off the west coast of Baja California Sur, México

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2009

J. Rodríguez-Romero ,
D.S. Palacios-Salgado  and
F.J. Gutiérrez Sánchez
J. Rodríguez-Romero*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23000, Mexico
D.S. Palacios-Salgado
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23000, Mexico
F.J. Gutiérrez Sánchez
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23000, Mexico
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Rodríguez-Romero, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR), Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur 23000, Mexico email: jrodri04@cibnor.mx
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Abstract

Two specimens of the spottail moray Gymnothorax equatorialis were identified for the first time off the west coast of the State of Baja California Sur. This discovery also constitutes the northernmost record of this species on the Pacific Coast. The possible causes of its occurrence in the north-eastern Pacific are discussed and information about the conditions of collections and characteristic morphometry are presented.

Keywords

biodiversityBaja California SurCalifornia CurrentZoogeographyrange extension
Type
Research Article
Information
Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e77
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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