First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) from Sri Lanka, northern Indian Ocean. (20th May 2015)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) from Sri Lanka, northern Indian Ocean. (20th May 2015)
- Main Title:
- First record of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Megachasmidae) from Sri Lanka, northern Indian Ocean
- Authors:
- Fernando, Daniel
Perera, Nishan
Ebert, David A. - Abstract:
- Abstract : The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is a rare and poorly studied shark. In this paper, the first record of the megamouth shark is reported for Sri Lanka. The shark, a juvenile estimated at 180 cm in total length, was caught in a gillnet in close proximity (<92 km) to the Negombo fisheries harbour (7°12′11.67″N 79°49′44.35″E).
- Is Part Of:
- Marine biodiversity records. Volume 8(2015)
- Journal:
- Marine biodiversity records
- Issue:
- Volume 8(2015)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 8, Issue 2015 (2015)
- Year:
- 2015
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 2015
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2015-0008-2015-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2015-05-20
- Subjects:
- megamouth shark, -- Megachasma pelagios, -- new record, -- range extension, -- Elasmobranchs, -- Sri Lanka
Marine biodiversity -- Periodicals
Marine biology -- Periodicals
578.77 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=mbd ↗
http://mbr.biomedcentral.com/ ↗
http://link.springer.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1017/S1755267215000512 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1755-2672
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