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New record of a goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae) in the western North Atlantic Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2014

William B. Driggers III ,
Katie S. Davis ,
Carl Moore  and
John. K. Carlson
William B. Driggers III*
Affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories, PO Drawer 1207, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39568, USA
Katie S. Davis
Affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Service, Highly Migratory Species Management Division, 263 13th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA
Carl Moore
Affiliation:
1129 Leonard Ryals Drive, Townsend, Georgia 31331, USA
John. K. Carlson
Affiliation:
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Panama City Laboratory, 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, Florida 32408, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: W.B. Driggers III, National Marine Fisheries Service, PO Drawer 1207, Pascagoula, MS 39567USA email: william.driggers@noaa.gov
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Abstract

On 19 April 2014, a female goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni, was captured in a commercial shrimp trawl in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The shark, estimated to be approximately 5 m in length, was captured at a depth of approximately 490 m and released alive shortly after capture. This specimen represents the second goblin shark ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords

Chondrichthyeselasmobranchgoblin sharkLamniformesMitsukurina owstoniMitsukurinidaeGulf of Mexico
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e96
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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