First record of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

The blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus, is one of the most common Indo-Pacific reef sharks. On April 29, 2012, a juvenile male blacktip reef shark measuring 89 cm total length (TL), was incidentally caught during a research expedition in Chatham Bay, Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Ric...

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Published in:Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors: Andrés López-Garro, Ilena Zanella, Geiner Golfín-Duarte, Maikel Pérez-Montero
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Universidad de Costa Rica 2012
Subjects:
Biología
Cocos Island
Blacktip reef shark
Tropical Eastern Pacific
Carcharhinus melanopterus
Isla del Coco National Park
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44958803017
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