First pelagic record of the velvet dogfish Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) (Squaliformes) from the southwestern Indian Ocean and some notes on its regional distribution

Evgeny V. Romanov; Pascal Bach; Sergei T. Rebik; Alexandre Le Turc; Bernard Séret

doi:10.5252/z2013n1a2

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29 March 2013 First pelagic record of the velvet dogfish Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) (Squaliformes) from the southwestern Indian Ocean and some notes on its regional distribution

Evgeny V. Romanov, Pascal Bach, Sergei T. Rebik, Alexandre Le Turc, Bernard Séret

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Zoosystema, 35(1):11-23 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5252/z2013n1a2

Abstract

A pelagic record of a rare deep-water shark, the velvet dogfish Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877), is described from the southwestern Indian Ocean. This is the first pelagic record from the western Indian Ocean and the eleventh published record of this species from the entire basin. Together with non-published records from museums and online databases the number of verified Indian Ocean records of this species currently exceeds 50 individuals. Zameus squamulosus is a benthopelagic species usually occurring on the slopes of the continents and in mid-ocean oceanic ridges, between 400 and 1450 m depth, but it makes rare incursions in open water to the limits of the epipelagic zone.

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Evgeny V. Romanov, Pascal Bach, Sergei T. Rebik, Alexandre Le Turc, and Bernard Séret "First pelagic record of the velvet dogfish Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877) (Squaliformes) from the southwestern Indian Ocean and some notes on its regional distribution," Zoosystema 35(1), 11-23, (29 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.5252/z2013n1a2

Received: 7 May 2012; Accepted: 1 September 2012; Published: 29 March 2013

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