Unusual records of deepwater teleosteans trawled off the western coast of Mexico |
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| Authors: | J De La Cruz‐Agüero R Moncayo‐Estrada V M Cota‐Gómez H Villalobos‐Ortiz A Valdez‐Pelayo |
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| Institution: | 1. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR‐IPN), Colección Ictiológica, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico;2. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR‐IPN), Departamento de Pesquerías y Biología Marina, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico;3. Instituto Nacional de la Pesca 4. – 5. Centro Regional de Investigación Pesquera (CRIP‐Unidad Guaymas), Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | The first records of three midwater species for the Mexican ichthyofauna (Holtbyrnia laticauda, Brama dussumieri and Cubiceps baxteri), caught off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, in mid 2014, are reported. As far as is known, they are the first verified specimens, geo‐referenced and catalogued in a reference fish collection for the west coast of Mexico. The species' known distributions were extended northward in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from 3495 to 8300 km. |
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| Keywords: | extended distribution midwater fish Pacific Ocean |
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