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Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR
Print version ISSN 0122-9761
Abstract
DALMAU, Melissa Scheel et al. Occurrence of the Pacific chupare stingray Styracura pacifica in Colombia and extension of its geographical range in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2020, vol.49, n.2, pp.179-184. Epub Dec 20, 2020. ISSN 0122-9761. https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2020.49.2.1028.
The presence of the Pacific chupare stingray Styracura pacifica in the Colombian Pacific is confirmed. This species together with S. schmardae in the Atlantic are the only representatives of the Potamotrygonidae family that inhabit in marine and brackish waters. The confirmed distribution of the species was limited to the Pacific coasts of Central America, between southern Mexico and Panama; therefore, the present record extends its distribution to the Eastern Tropical Pacific by about 470 km to the south.
Keywords : Potamotrygonidae; Pacific whiptail stingray; artisanal fishing.