Email this article On the Little-Known Sharks Etmopterus villosus (Etmopteridae) and Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Somniosidae) from the Pacific Ocean
- Authors: Dolganov V.N.1
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Affiliations:
- National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 59, No 2 (2019)
- Pages: 275-279
- Section: Short Communications
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0032-9452/article/view/168021
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S003294521902005X
- ID: 168021
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Abstract
Description and notes on distribution of the following two rare squalid sharks are provided: Etmopterus villosus (16 specimens caught in summer 1979 from the Marcus–Necker Ridge) and Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (one specimen caught in summer 1982 from the epipelagic zone of the southeastern Pacific Ocean). The former species is known only by the holotype from the Hawaiian Islands; the latter, by three specimens from the Australia–New Zealand region.
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V. N. Dolganov
National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: vndolganov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok, 690041
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