The first in situ habitat observations and images of the Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae)

Charles G. Messing; Karl Stanley; John K. Reed; R. Grant Gilmore

doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.234

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Charles G. Messing,^* Karl Stanley,¹ John K. Reed,² R. Grant Gilmore

¹(KS) Roatán Institute of Deepsea Exploration, West End, Roatán, Honduras;
²(JKR) Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and

^*Corresponding author.

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.

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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 Cervigón, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae)," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(3), 234-239, (1 October 2013). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.234

Published: 1 October 2013