The First in situ Habitat Observations and Images of the Caribbean Roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigon, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae)

Event Name/Location

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Presentation Date

10-2013

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Presenters / Authors

Charles G. Messing, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Karl Stanley, Roatan Institute of Deepsea Exploration
John K. Reed, Harbor Branch Oceanographic InstitutionFollow
R. Grant Gilmore, Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc.

Keywords

BioGeography, Caribbean Sea, Oxynotidae, Oxynotus, Shark, Submersible Observations

Description

In situ observations and photographs of the Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961, are reported for the first time from four widely separated localities around the tropical western Atlantic, including multiple records over an 8-yr period from a single locality off Roatán, Honduras. These records document an extension of the known geographic, bathymetric, and temperature ranges of the species to include southern Florida and the western Caribbean Sea, over a depth range of 218 to 579 m, and in water as warm as 16.39°C.

NSUWorks Citation

Messing, Charles G.; Stanley, Karl; Reed, John K.; and Gilmore, R. Grant, "The First in situ Habitat Observations and Images of the Caribbean Roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigon, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae)" (2013). Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures. 12.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations/12