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Confirmation of the cookiecutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis, from the eastern North Pacific Ocean (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2015

David A. Ebert ,
Catarina Pien  and
Daniel J. Kamikawa
David A. Ebert
Affiliation:
Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, California, 95039, USA
Catarina Pien*
Affiliation:
Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, California, 95039, USA
Daniel J. Kamikawa
Affiliation:
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2032 S.E. OSU Drive, Newport, Oregon, 97365, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Pien, Pacific Shark Research Center, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing, California, 95039, USA email: cpien@mlml.calstate.edu
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Abstract

The cookiecutter shark, Isistius brasiliensis, is confirmed for the first time from the eastern North Pacific Ocean. The shark, a female 432 mm in total length, was caught in a sablefish pot at a depth of 1132 m off San Nicolas Island, California, USA (32°59′05″N 120°25′99″W).

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first recordrange extensiondeep seaCaliforniaElasmobranchii
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 8 , 2015 , e118
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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