New record of the prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928) and evidence of scavenging by the coyote Canis latrans (Say, 1823) in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

Jorge I. Rosales-vasquez; Vicente Anislado-tolentino; Brandon Escárcega Miranda

doi:10.3153/AR23007

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New record of the prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928) and evidence of scavenging by the coyote Canis latrans (Say, 1823) in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

Abstract

Echinorhinus cookei is a rare, large, demersal, deep-sea species of shark inhabitant of the Pacific Ocean basin. A sub-adult female with a total length of 262.7 cm was found naturally stranded in 2021 at Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Central Gulf of California. It presents two spineless dorsal fins closer to the pelvic fins, large star-shaped dermal denticles, and distally oriented multi-cusplet cutting-type teeth. Along the shark, a peninsular coyote Canis latrans peninsulae was observed scavenging on the shark carcass. This study documents the first record of E. cookei in the Bahia de Los Angeles area and the first record of scavenging by the coyote C. latrans on any echinorhiniform shark to date.

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Thanks

We thank Mr. Leopoldo M. Amezcua for his trust in giving us his testimony and the photographic and video graphic evidence with which this study was carried out. We also thank Meliza Le Alvarado for more photographic material focused on the dermal denticles of the head and the teeth of the shark.

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Jorge I. Rosales-vasquez ^*
0000-0001-5245-3376
Mexico

Vicente Anislado-tolentino
0000-0002-2184-0047
Mexico

Brandon Escárcega Miranda
0000-0002-3629-2784
Mexico

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January 1, 2023

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June 21, 2022

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Rosales-vasquez, J. I., Anislado-tolentino, V., & Escárcega Miranda, B. (2023). New record of the prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928) and evidence of scavenging by the coyote Canis latrans (Say, 1823) in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico. Aquatic Research, 6(1), 64-71. https://doi.org/10.3153/AR23007

New record of the prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928) and evidence of scavenging by the coyote Canis latrans (Say, 1823) in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

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New record of the prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928) and evidence of scavenging by the coyote Canis latrans (Say, 1823) in Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico

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