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Occurrence of the ragged-tooth shark, Odontaspis ferox, at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, western equatorial Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Ricardo Clapis Garla  and
José Garcia Júnior
Ricardo Clapis Garla*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, BR-101, s/no, Lagoa Nova, 59072-970, Brazil ONG Oceânica – Pesquisa, Educação e Conservação, Rua Luis Bernardo e Silva, 10, Praia de Cotovelo, Parnamirim, RN, 59150-000, Brazil
José Garcia Júnior
Affiliation:
Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Praia de Mãe Luíza, s/no, Mãe Luíza, 59014-100, Brazil ONG Oceânica – Pesquisa, Educação e Conservação, Rua Luis Bernardo e Silva, 10, Praia de Cotovelo, Parnamirim, RN, 59150-000, Brazil
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Correspondence should be addressed to: Ricardo Clapis Garla, Departamento de Botânica Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, BR-101 s/no, Lagoa Nova 59072-970, Brazil email: rgarla@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Odontaspis ferox is a poorly known species with cosmopolitan and disjunct geographical distribution that is listed as vulnerable. Herein the occurrence of this species is reported at an insular oceanic site in the western equatorial Atlantic, the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. This is the second record of this rare shark in this part of the Atlantic, which also increases to 26 the number of elasmobranch species recorded for the archipelago.

Keywords

ragged-tooth sharkequatorial Atlantic OceanBrazil
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e38
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006

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