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A new record of whale shark Rhincodon typus in Brazilian waters: a report of association with Caranx crysos |
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| Authors: | R. Andrades H. T. Pinheiro R. G. Santos A. S. Martins P. A. S. Costa |
| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Oceanografia e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514, Goiabeiras, 29075‐910, Vitória, Espirito Santo, Brazil;2. Departamento de Ecologia e Recursos Marinhos, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Pasteur, 458, 22290‐240, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
| Abstract: | In May 2011, a Rhincodon typus was sighted on the continental shelf of the central Brazilian coast, in the vicinity of a gas platform. During the video record, an interspecific following association was observed between a Caranx crysos school and the R. typus. |
| Keywords: | blue runner Brazil conservation following behaviour gas platform interspecific association |