Record of the goblin shark from Brazil
Published online on 08. May 2012
Record of the goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae) from the south-western Atlantic
Getulio Rincon, Teodoro Vaske Júnior and Otto B.F. Gadig
ABSTRACT:
This paper reports the first well-documented specimen of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni in the south-western Atlantic, based on a mature male measuring 3152 mm total length, caught on 27 November 2008 off the Rio de Janeiro coast, south-east Brazil.
Marine Biodiversity Records, 5 , e44 doi:10.1017/S1755267211000923