Journal article
Updated taxonomic list and conservation status of chondrichthyans from the exclusive economic zone of Venezuela, with first generic and specific records
Journal of fish biology, Vol.95(3), pp.753-771
09/2019
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Abstract
Using the last taxonomic review of chondrichthyans of the world, we selected the species distributed in the north‐western Atlantic Ocean (NWA) and compared it with the available published literature related to the class Chondrichthyes in the Venezuelan exclusive economic zone. We also revised information from worldwide databases such as: FAO (NWA‐31 area), GBIF, iSpecies, IUCN and OBIS, as well as available museum collection databases. The taxonomic validity was checked using the Catalogue of Fishes of the California Academy of Sciences and recent references. The past published Venezuelan lists of chondrichthyans combined included nine orders, 30 families and 108 species. The updated list with 12 orders, 36 families and 122 species increased by three new orders, six families, three shark genera, nine shark species (one replacing another species), one chimaera genus, two chimaera species, three batoid genera and six batoid species (two replacing other species). Four holotype specimens (two sharks and two rays) are deposited in Venezuelan Museums. Most of the species have an IUCN conservation status, including four species catalogued as Critically Endangered, six as Endangered and 18 species as Vulnerable. Deep‐sea fisheries, scientific exploration and taxonomic/genetic revisions might add future increments to the Venezuelan chondrichthyan list.
Details
- Title
- Updated taxonomic list and conservation status of chondrichthyans from the exclusive economic zone of Venezuela, with first generic and specific records
- Creators
- Nicolás R Ehemann - Proyecto Iniciativa Batoideos (PROVITA), Calle La Joya con Avenida Libertador, Unidad Técnica del EsteLorem D. V González‐González - Instituto Politécnico Nacional ‐ Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR‐IPN)Alejandro Tagliafico - Universidad de la Marina MercanteSimon Weigmann - Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg
- Publication Details
- Journal of fish biology, Vol.95(3), pp.753-771
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 19
- Grant note
- BEIFI‐IPN ((IPN SIP 20195235)) CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología)
- Identifiers
- 991012925576302368
- Copyright
- © 2019 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; National Marine Science Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article