First record of the crocodile shark,Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes), from New Zealand waters |
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| Authors: | Andrew L Stewart |
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| Institution: | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa , P. O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand E-mail: andrews@tepapa.govt.nz |
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| Abstract: | Commercial tuna longline fishing targeting bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus (Lowe 1839), on the Three Kings Rise, northern New Zealand, resulted in the bycatch of a single specimen of a mature male crocodile shark, Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara 1936). This is the first record for the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, and a major southern range extension of the species in the Indo‐Pacific. |
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| Keywords: | new record New Zealand crocodile shark Pseudocarcharias kamoharai identification |
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