Abstract

LOPEZ-GARRO, Andrés; ZANELLA, Ilena; GOLFIN-DUARTE, Geiner  and  PEREZ-MONTERO, Maikel. First record of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Rev. biol. trop [online]. 2012, vol.60, suppl.3, pp.275-278. ISSN 0034-7744.

The blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus, is one of the most common Indo-Pacific reef sharks. On April 29, 2012, a juvenile male blacktip reef shark measuring 89 cm total length (TL), was incidentally caught during a research expedition in Chatham Bay, Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, located in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. This is the first record of the species from Isla del Coco National Park, Costa Rica, and from the Tropical Eastern Pacific.

Keywords : Isla del Coco National Park; Cocos Island; Carcharhinus melanopterus; blacktip reef shark; Tropical Eastern Pacific.

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