Carcharhinus galapagensis

• Main Authors: Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica, Costa, Filipe O.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Carcharhiniformes; Carcharhinidae; Carcharhinus; Carcharhinus galapagensis; Galapagos; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3869998; https://zenodo.org/record/3869998

□ Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) – Galapagos shark; Tubarão-dos-Galápos ② , ③ According to Ebert & Stehmann (2013), the species Carcharhinus obscurus is very closely related to this species ( C . galapagensis ) and they are difficult to distinguish from each other. Recent molecular studies suggest that these two species may in fact be a single one, with one of the two forms being found far from landmasses ( C . galapagensis ) and the other one ( C. obscurus ) occurring in association with continental shelves and upper slopes (G. Naylor, pers comm. in Ebert & Stehmann 2013). Studies are currently ongoing to determine the relationship between these two species. : Published as part of Carneiro, Miguel, Martins, Rogélia, Landi, Monica & Costa, Filipe O., 2014, Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf, pp. 1-73 in European Journal of Taxonomy 73 on page 11, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.73, http://zenodo.org/record/3866515 : {"references": ["Ebert D. A. & Stehmann M. F. W. 2013. Sharks, batoids, and chimaeras of the North Atlantic. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes no. 7, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome."]}