First record of a Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) in the Brazilian Atlantic

Sadowsky, Victor

doi:10.1590/S0373-55241973000100001

Abstracts

The capture on November 19, 1970, of a juvenile female of the Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), 438 cm long, is the first record of this species in the Brazilian Atlantic, at about 24º00' to 24º10' Lat. S, and 45º35' to 45º15' Long- W. The teeth are mostly in three, sometimes two or four, functional series. Vertebral numbers and characteristics: Precaudal - 53; Caudal - 56; Total - 109; Monospondylous - 37; A-values - 167; B-values - 82 (sensu Springer & Garrick, 1964). The gill rakers are well developed and brilliant black.

A captura, em 19 de novembro de 1970, entre aproximadamente 24º00' e 24º10' Lat. S, e 45º35' e 45º45' Long. W, de uma fêmea jovem de "Basking Shark" Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), com 438 cm de comprimento, e o primeiro registro dessa espécie no Atlântico brasileiro. Os dentes apresentam-se, na maioria, dispostos em 3 e, às vezes, também em 2 ou 4 series funcionais. Características e numeros das vértebras: Pré-caudais - 53; Caudais - 56; Total - 109; Monospondilas - 37; Valores A - 167; Valores B - 82 (sensu Springer & Garrick, 1964). Os rastros branquiais achamse bem desenvolvidos e são de um colorido negro brilhante.

First record of a Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) in the Brazilian Atlantic

Victor Sadowsky

Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo

SYNOPSIS

The capture on November 19, 1970, of a juvenile female of the Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), 438 cm long, is the first record of this species in the Brazilian Atlantic, at about 24º00' to 24º10' Lat. S, and 45º35' to 45º15' Long- W. The teeth are mostly in three, sometimes two or four, functional series. Vertebral numbers and characteristics: Precaudal - 53; Caudal - 56; Total - 109; Monospondylous - 37; A-values - 167; B-values - 82 (sensu Springer & Garrick, 1964). The gill rakers are well developed and brilliant black.

RESUMO

A captura, em 19 de novembro de 1970, entre aproximadamente 24º00' e 24º10' Lat. S, e 45º35' e 45º45' Long. W, de uma fêmea jovem de "Basking Shark" Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765), com 438 cm de comprimento, e o primeiro registro dessa espécie no Atlântico brasileiro.

Os dentes apresentam-se, na maioria, dispostos em 3 e, às vezes, também em 2 ou 4 series funcionais. Características e numeros das vértebras: Pré-caudais - 53; Caudais - 56; Total - 109; Monospondilas - 37; Valores A - 167; Valores B - 82 (sensu Springer & Garrick, 1964). Os rastros branquiais achamse bem desenvolvidos e são de um colorido negro brilhante.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My thanks are due to the Directors of CONFRIO - Companhia Nacional de Frigoríficos, for the donation of the shark for study, and to Mrs. Eveline Marcus for the translation of the manuscript.

Received August 10, 1972

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BARNARD, K. 1937. Further notes on South African marine fishes. Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 32:41-67.
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______ 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bull. Fish. Wildl. Serv. U.S., 74(53), 577 p.
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HUBBS, C. 1952. Antitropical distribution of fishes and other organisms. Proc. 7th Pacif. Sci. Congr., 3:1-6.
KATE, S., SPRINGER, S. & WAGNER, M. 1968. Field guide to eastern Pacific and Hawaiian sharks. Fish. Wildl. Serv. U.S. Circ . 271, 47 p.
LAHILLE, F. 1928. Notas sobre unos peces elasmobranquios. An. Mus. argent. Cienc. nat., 34:299-239.
LINEAWEAVER III, T.H. & BACKUS, R.H. 1970. The natural history of sharks. London, André Deutsch, 256 p.
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NORMAN, J. 1937. Coast fishes. Part II. The Patagonian region. Discovery Rep., 16, 150 p.
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PARIN, J. 1971. Chriashtshovyie ryby (Class Chondrichthyes). In: Shyzn Shyvotnych, 4(1):27-655. Moscow, Prosve-shtshenie. (In Russian).
PARKER, H. & BOESEMAN, M. 1954. The Basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in winter. Proc. zool. Soc. London, 124(1):185-195.
PAVESI, P. 1874. Contribuizone alla storia naturale del genere Selachi. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nato Giacomo Doria, 6:5-72.
______ 1878. Seconda contribuzione alla morfologia e sistematica del Selachi. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nato Giacomo Doria, 12:348-418.
SADOWSKY, V. 1968. On the measurement of the total length of sharks. Zool. Anz., 181(343):197-199.
SCHNAKENBECK, W. 1955. Der Kiemenreusenapparat von Riesenhai (Cetorhinus maximus). Zool. Anz., 154(5/6):99-108.
SICCARDI, E.M. 1960. "Cetorhinus" en el Atlantico sur (Elasmobranchii: Cetorhinidae). Revta Mus. argent. Cienc. nato Bernardino Rivadavia. Inst. naco Invest. Cienc. nato Cienc. zool., 6(2):61-101.
SMITH, J.L.B. 1965. The sea fishes of Southern Africa. Rev. ed. Capetown, Central News Agency, 580 p.
SPRINGER, V. & GARRICK, J. 1964. A survey of vertebral numbers in sharks. Proc. U.S. natn Mus., 116(3496):73-96.
STEAD, D. 1963. Sharks and rays of Australian seas. Sydney, Angust & Ribertson, 211 p.
TEMPELMAN, W. 1963. Distribution of sharks in the Canadian Atlantic. Bull. Fish. Res. Bd Can., (140), 77 p.
TORTONESE, E. 1956. Leptocardia, Ciclostomata, Selachii. Fauna Ital., 2, 332 p.
WHITE, E.G. 1937. Interrelationships of the elasmobranchs with a key to the Order Galea. Bull. Amer. Mus. nato Hist., 74:25-118.

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[2] BARNARD, K. 1937. Further notes on South African marine fishes. Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 32:41-67.

[3] BELYAEV, G.M. & GLIKMAN, L.S. 1970. The teeth of sharks on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Trans. P. Shirshov Inst. Oceanology Akad. Nauk., SSSR, 88:252-276. (In Russian).

[4] BERG, L. 1953. Bipolar distribution of the organisms and the glacial epoch. Otsherki po obshtshim voprosam Ichtiologii. Akad. Nauk Leningrad, 318 p.

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[6] ______ 1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bull. Fish. Wildl. Serv. U.S., 74(53), 577 p.

[7] BLACHE, J., CADENAT, J. & STAUCH, A. 1970. Cles de determination des poissons de mer signales dans l'Atlantique oriental. Faune Tropicale, 8. Paris, ORSTOM, 479 p.

[8] BUDKER, P. 1971. The life of sharks. London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 222 p.

[9] BUEN, F. de 1950. El mar de Solis y su fauna de peces. 2Ş parte. La fauna de peces del Uruguay. Publnes cient. Serv. oceanogr. Pesca, Montev., (2):47-144.

[10] CADENAT, J. 1950. Poissons de mer du Senegal. Dakar, IFAN, 345 p.

[11] ______ 1962. Notes d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine, 37. Sur quelques especes nouvelles ou peu communes de la cote occidentale d'Afrique. Bull. Inst. fr. Afr. noire., ser. A, 24(1):305-312.

[12] CHEN, J. 1963. A review of the sharks of Taiwan. Biol. Bull., Thungai Univ., 19:1-102.

[13] DEINSE, A. van & ADRIANI, M. 1953. On the absence of gill rakers in specimens of the Basking sharks, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner). Zool. Meded., Leiden, 31(27):307-310.

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[16] GARMAN, S. 1913. Plagiostomia (Sharks, skates and rays). Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 36, 315 p.

[17] GARRICK, J. & SCHULTZ, L. 1963. A guide to the kinds of potentially dangerous sharks. In: Gilbert, P.W., ed. Sharks and survival. Boston, D.C. Heath, p. 3-60.

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[29] ______ 1878. Seconda contribuzione alla morfologia e sistematica del Selachi. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nato Giacomo Doria, 12:348-418.

[30] SADOWSKY, V. 1968. On the measurement of the total length of sharks. Zool. Anz., 181(343):197-199.

[31] SCHNAKENBECK, W. 1955. Der Kiemenreusenapparat von Riesenhai (Cetorhinus maximus). Zool. Anz., 154(5/6):99-108.

[32] SICCARDI, E.M. 1960. "Cetorhinus" en el Atlantico sur (Elasmobranchii: Cetorhinidae). Revta Mus. argent. Cienc. nato Bernardino Rivadavia. Inst. naco Invest. Cienc. nato Cienc. zool., 6(2):61-101.

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[34] SPRINGER, V. & GARRICK, J. 1964. A survey of vertebral numbers in sharks. Proc. U.S. natn Mus., 116(3496):73-96.

[35] STEAD, D. 1963. Sharks and rays of Australian seas. Sydney, Angust & Ribertson, 211 p.

[36] TEMPELMAN, W. 1963. Distribution of sharks in the Canadian Atlantic. Bull. Fish. Res. Bd Can., (140), 77 p.

[37] TORTONESE, E. 1956. Leptocardia, Ciclostomata, Selachii. Fauna Ital., 2, 332 p.

[38] WHITE, E.G. 1937. Interrelationships of the elasmobranchs with a key to the Order Galea. Bull. Amer. Mus. nato Hist., 74:25-118.

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