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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

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 64 - 71, 01.01.2023

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

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR23007

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.

Keywords

Natural stranding Dermal denticles Oceanography Scavenging

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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  • Nakamura, I., Meyer, C.G., Sato, K. (2015). Unexpected positive buoyancy in deep sea sharks, Hexanchus griseus, and a Echinorhinus cookei. PloS One, 10(6), e0127667. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127667
  • Nowak, R.M. (1979). History and Statistical Analysis of Recent Populations. En Wiley, E. O. (ed.). North American Quaternary Canis. 6. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Printing Service. USA. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4072 Ohisi, I., Sakaguchi, G., Riemann H., Behymer, D., Hurvell, B. (1979). Antibodies to Clostridium botulinum toxins in free-living birds and mammals. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 15(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.1.3
  • Rose, M.D., Polis, G.A. (1998). The distribution and abundance of coyotes: The effects of allochthonous food subsidies from the sea. Ecology, 79(3), 998-1007. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0998:TDAAOC]2.0.CO;2
  • Ruiz-Campos, G., Castro-Aguirre, J.L., Balart, E.F., Campos-Dávila, L., Vélez-Marín, R. (2010). New specimens and records of chondrichthyan fishes (Vertebrata: Chondrichthyes) off the Mexican Pacific coast. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 81(2), 363-371. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2010.002.259
  • Wilmers, C.C., Stahler, D.R., Crabtree, R.L., Smith, D.W., Getz, W.M. (2003). Resource dispersion and consumer dominance: scavenging at wolf‐and hunter‐killed carcasses in Greater Yellowstone, USA. Ecology Letters, 6(11), 996-1003. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00522.x
  • Young, S.P., Jackson, H.H.T. (1978). The Clever Coyote. University of Nebraska Press. 411 pp. ISBN: 978-0803258938

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 64 - 71, 01.01.2023

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

https://doi.org/10.3153/AR23007

Abstract

Keywords

Natural stranding Dermal denticles Oceanography Scavenging

References

  • Álvarez-León, R., Castro-Aguirre, J.L. (1983). Notas sobre la captura incidental de dos especies de tiburón en las costas de Mazatlán (Sinaloa) México. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 18, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650528309360635
  • Álvarez-Borrego, S. (2007). Oceanografía de la región de las grandes islas. En: Bahía de los Ángeles: recursos naturales y comunidad. Línea base 2007, Instituto Nacional de Ecología, 45-65. ISBN: 9789688178911, 9688178918
  • Aguirre, H., Madrid, V.J., Virgen, J.A. (2002). Presence of Echinorhinus cookei off central Pacific Mexico. Journal of Fish Biology, 61(6), 1403-1409. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02485.x
  • Berger, K.M., Conner, M.M. (2008). Recolonizing wolves and mesopredator suppression of coyotes: impacts on pronghorn population dynamics. Ecological Applications, 18(3), 599-612. https://doi.org/10.1890/07-0308.1
  • Broenkow W.W. (2021). Monterey Bay national marine sanctuary: Physical oceanography. (https://montereybay.noaa.gov/sitechar/phys2.html) (accessed 04.10.2021).
  • Chávez-Ramos, H., Castro-Aguirre, J.L. (1974). Notas y observaciones sobre la presencia de Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928, en el Golfo de California, México. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, 21, 155-164.
  • Compagno, L.J.V. (1984). FAO Species Catalogue, 4. Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date Part 1 – Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fish. Synopsis No. 125. FAO. Roma, Italia. 675 pp. ISBN: 978-1930665767
  • Cox, G., Francis, M. (1997). Sharks and rays of New Zealand Waters. Canterbury University Press. New Zealand. ISBN: 0-908812-60-4
  • Crane, N.L, Heine, J.N. (1992). Observations of the prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei) in Monterey Bay, California. California Fish Game, 78(4), 166-168.
  • Danemann, G.D., Torreblanca-Ramírez E., Smith-Guerra, F. (2007). Pesca ribereña. En: Bahía de los Ángeles: recursos naturales y comunidad. Línea base 2007, Instituto Nacional de Ecología. 605-629. ISBN: 9789688178911 9688178918
  • Dawson, C.L., Starr, R.M. (2009). Movements of subadult prickly sharks Echinorhinus cookei in the Monterey Canyon. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 386, 253-262. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08067
  • Moral–Flores, L.F.D., Morrone, J.J., Durand, J.A., Espinosa–Pérez, H., León, G.P.P.D. (2015). Listado anotado de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 13, 47-163. https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2015.13.0047
  • Ebert, D. (2003). Sharks, rays, and chimaeras of California (No. 71). University of California Press. USA. ISBN: 9780520234840
  • Ebert, D.A., Dando, M., Fowler, S. (2021). Sharks of the world: a complete guide. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 978-0691205991 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691210872
  • Galván-Magaña, F., Abitia-Cárdenas, L.A., Rodríguez-Romero, J., Pérez-España, H., Chávez-Ramos, H. (1996). Lista sistemática de los peces de la isla Cerralvo, Baja California Sur, México. Ciencias Marinas, 22, 295-311. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v22i3.863
  • Grajales-Tam, K.M., Rodríguez-Estrella, R., Cancino Hernández, J. (2003). Dieta estacional del coyote Canis latrans durante el periodo 1996-1997 en el desierto de Vizcaíno, Baja California Sur, México. Acta zoológica mexicana, 89,17-28. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2003.89891771
  • Heckel, G., De Guevara, P.L., Rojas–Bracho, L. (2007). Ballenas y delfines. En: Bahía de los Ángeles: recursos naturales y comunidad. Línea base 2007, Instituto Nacional de Ecología. 563-601. ISBN: 9789688178911, 9688178918
  • Kays, R. (2018). Canis latrans (errata version published in 2020). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T3745A163508579. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3745A163508579.en
  • Mariano-Meléndez, E., Villavicencio–Garayzar, C.J. (1998). Cuatro tiburones y una raya en la costa noroccidental de México. Rev. Biol. Trop, 46(2), 465-467.
  • Morales, O.S. (2008). Composición específica de elasmobranquios capturados por la pesca artesanal en Bahía Vizcaíno, BC, México: Análisis de un registro histórico. Tesis de Maestría. Centro de Investigación Científica y Educación Superior de Ensenada.
  • Nakamura, I., Meyer, C.G., Sato, K. (2015). Unexpected positive buoyancy in deep sea sharks, Hexanchus griseus, and a Echinorhinus cookei. PloS One, 10(6), e0127667. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127667
  • Nowak, R.M. (1979). History and Statistical Analysis of Recent Populations. En Wiley, E. O. (ed.). North American Quaternary Canis. 6. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Printing Service. USA. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4072 Ohisi, I., Sakaguchi, G., Riemann H., Behymer, D., Hurvell, B. (1979). Antibodies to Clostridium botulinum toxins in free-living birds and mammals. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 15(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.1.3
  • Rose, M.D., Polis, G.A. (1998). The distribution and abundance of coyotes: The effects of allochthonous food subsidies from the sea. Ecology, 79(3), 998-1007. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0998:TDAAOC]2.0.CO;2
  • Ruiz-Campos, G., Castro-Aguirre, J.L., Balart, E.F., Campos-Dávila, L., Vélez-Marín, R. (2010). New specimens and records of chondrichthyan fishes (Vertebrata: Chondrichthyes) off the Mexican Pacific coast. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 81(2), 363-371. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2010.002.259
  • Wilmers, C.C., Stahler, D.R., Crabtree, R.L., Smith, D.W., Getz, W.M. (2003). Resource dispersion and consumer dominance: scavenging at wolf‐and hunter‐killed carcasses in Greater Yellowstone, USA. Ecology Letters, 6(11), 996-1003. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00522.x
  • Young, S.P., Jackson, H.H.T. (1978). The Clever Coyote. University of Nebraska Press. 411 pp. ISBN: 978-0803258938
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Primary Language English
Subjects Hydrobiology, Maritime Engineering (Other)
Journal Section Short Communication
Authors

Jorge I. Rosales-vasquez 0000-0001-5245-3376

Vicente Anislado-tolentino 0000-0002-2184-0047

Brandon Escárcega Miranda 0000-0002-3629-2784

Publication Date January 1, 2023
Submission Date June 21, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2023Volume: 6 Issue: 1

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APA 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
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