Volumen 41 - Número 1: 117-119 | 2006
Nota Cientifica

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Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes, Echinorhinidae), primer registro en aguas de El Salvador, Pacífico oriental tropical

José R. Rojas^1*, Claudia I. Fuentes² y Numa R. Hernández²

¹Apartado Postal 20-4200, Naranjo, Alajuela, Costa Rica
²Unidad de Investigación y Desarrollo, Pesquera del Sur S.A. de C.V, Acajutla, Sonsonate, El Salvador

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The first record of juveniles of prickly shark Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928 (Chondrichthyes: Echinorhinidae), in El Salvador is communicated on the basis of two specimens: a male, 52 cm TL and a female 34.6 cm TL, captured in waters between Puerto de Acajutla and Puerto La Libertad, El Salvador, Central America. The specimens are deposited in the Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvador, under ichthyological catalogue number MHNES 40-726.

Key words: Pisces, prickly shark, port, Pacific Ocean