New record of the Critically Endangered striped smooth-hound, <em>Mustelus fasciatus</em> (Garman, 1913) (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae), in the Southwest Atlantic

Check List 14(6): 1151-1153, doi: 10.15560/14.6.1151

New record of the Critically Endangered striped smooth-hound, Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913) (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae), in the Southwest Atlantic

Juan M. Cuevas^‡, Sebastián E. Gómez^§, Mirta L. Garcia^§

‡ Wildlife Conservation Society Argentina, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina§ Universidad Nacional de La Plata / CONICET, La Plata, Argentina

Corresponding author: Juan M. Cuevas ( jcuevas@wcs.org )

Academic editor: Arturo Angulo

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Citation: Cuevas JM, Gómez SE, García ML (2018) New record of the Critically Endangered striped smooth-hound, Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913) (Chondrichthyes, Triakidae), in the Southwest Atlantic. Check List 14(6): 1151-1153. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1151

Abstract

We report the southernmost known occurrence in the Atlantic Ocean of the striped smooth-hound, Mustelus fasciatus (Garman, 1913). The shark, a female measuring 106 cm TL, was fished in warm coastal waters, with a salinity of 33,189 PSU, of central Argentina (40°52ʹ13ʺ S, 062°18ʹ42ʺ W). This report increases by 205 km southward the known range of this endemic and Critically Endangered species.

Keywords

Sharks, distribution; endemic, elasmobranch, Argentina