Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Proyecto Iniciativa Batoideos PROVITA, Caracas, Venezuela.
J Fish Biol. 2024 Jan;104(1):335-340. doi: 10.1111/jfb.15594. Epub 2023 Nov 8.
Documentation of Echinorhinus brucus, (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the western Atlantic primarily relies on chance observations. Georeferenced records in this area remain notably scarce. This study contributes the second Venezuelan and seventh Caribbean Sea specimens, increasing the western Atlantic count to 15 individuals. All specimens gathered here were sexually mature, with a slight dominance of females. Our bramble shark record appears to be driven more by the interplay of its biology and environmental factors than being a deliberate deep-sea fishery activity, which likely occurs in the Southern Caribbean area.
Documentation of Echinorhinus brucus, (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the western Atlantic primarily relies on chance observations. Georeferenced records in this area remain notably scarce. This study contributes the second Venezuelan and seventh Caribbean Sea specimens, increasing the western Atlantic count to 15 individuals. All specimens gathered here were sexually mature, with a slight dominance of females. Our bramble shark record appears to be driven more by the interplay of its biology and environmental factors than being a deliberate deep-sea fishery activity, which likely occurs in the Southern Caribbean area.
在西大西洋，关于皱唇鲨（Echinorhinus brucus，Bonnaterre，1788）的记录主要依赖于偶然观察。该地区的地理参考记录仍然明显稀缺。本研究增加了第二个委内瑞拉和第七个加勒比海标本，使西大西洋的记录增加到 15 个个体。这里收集的所有标本均已性成熟，雌性略占优势。我们对皱唇鲨的记录似乎更多地受到其生物学和环境因素的相互作用的驱动，而不是在南加勒比地区可能发生的蓄意深海渔业活动。
