Article
The First In Situ Habitat Observations and Images of the Caribbean Roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigon, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2013
Keywords
- Biogeography,
- Caribbean Sea,
- Oxynotidae,
- Oxynotus,
- Shark,
- Submersible observations
Abstract
In situ observations and photographs of the Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961, are reported for the first time from four widely separated localities around the tropical western Atlantic, including multiple records over an 8-yr period from a single locality off Roatán, Honduras. These records document an extension of the known geographic, bathymetric, and temperature ranges of the species to include southern Florida and the western Caribbean Sea, over a depth range of 218 to 579 m, and in water as warm as 16.39°C.
DOI
10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.234
Additional Comments
NSF grant #: EAR-9004232;
NOAA grant #: NF-11-09-CIOERT
Disciplines
Citation Information
Charles G. Messing, Karl Stanley, John K. Reed and R. Grant Gilmore. "The First In Situ Habitat Observations and Images of the Caribbean Roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigon, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae)" Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington Vol. 126 Iss. 3 (2013) p. 234 - 239 ISSN: 0006-324X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charles-messing/81/