Corresponding author: Juan M. Cuevas ( jcuevas@wcs.org ) Academic editor: Arturo Angulo © 2018 Juan M. Cuevas, Sebastián E. Gómez, Mirta L. Garcia. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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 |
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.