First confirmed location of <i>Carcharhinus signatus</i> in Puerto Rico-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First confirmed location of Carcharhinus signatus in Puerto Rico

Published:2022-12 Issue:8 Volume:102 Page:576-579
ISSN:0025-3154
Container-title:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Mar. Biol. Ass.

Author:

Schärer-Umpierre Michelle^ORCID,Franqui-Rivera Glorimar

Abstract

AbstractA new location record for the night shark, Carcharhinus signatus, is reported for Puerto Rico. DNA barcoding was used to confirm the photo identification of a shark captured incidentally by a small-scale commercial fisher. The adult female night shark was recovered from a depth of 330 m entangled in hook and line gear used in the deep-water snapper and grouper fishery. This record is the first confirmed sighting for Puerto Rico, increasing the shark species reported for the island and supporting its range up to the Mona Passage in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

Funder

Save Our Seas Foundation

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Aquatic Science

Reference38 articles.

1. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4, Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date;Compagno;FAO Fisheries Synopsis,1984

2. Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks in a global fishing hotspot are potentially large

3. Schärer-Umpierre, M , Peña-Alvarado, N , Smith, S , Appeldoorn, R and Ault, J (2019) Deeper water fauna caught incidentally in the Puerto Rico fishery. Proceedings of the 71st Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Ft. Pierce, Florida, USA. 5–9 November, 2018, vol. 71, pp. 23–26.

4. Schärer-Umpierre, M , Ruiz, H , Zayas-Santiago, C and Bond, M (2021) Coral reef elasmobranchs in Puerto Rico's fishery and MPA effects. Proceedings of the 73rd Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Ft. Pierce, Florida, USA, Online Meeting, 2–6 November, 2020, vol. 73, pp. 51–53.

5. Short-term movement of a night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) in the western Caribbean with notes on the species’ distribution and threats in the region