Volume 40 - Number 1 - 2005
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Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (Chondrichthyes, Dalatiidae): first record in eastern Pacific waters |
Jorge Oñate y Germán Pequeño
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Universidad Austral de Chile, Instituto de Zoología “Ernst F. Kilian”, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
E-mail: jorgeonate@uach.cl
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The first record of shorttail lanternshark Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912, in the eastern Pacific is communicated on the basis of one specimen, male, 520 mm TL (MNHNC P. 7247), captured in waters to the west of Desventuradas Islands, Chile. Morphometric data of the specimen in comparison with those of the holotype description are provided. |
Key words: Fishes shorttail, lanternshark, biogeography, Chile |
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