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Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras - INVEMAR
Print version ISSN 0122-9761
Abstract
FORERO-BASTIDAS, Oscar et al. Evidence of lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris (Poey) (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) at Salamanca Gulf, Colombian Caribbean. Bol. Invest. Mar. Cost. [online]. 2023, vol.52, n.1, pp.201-204. Epub Oct 23, 2023. ISSN 0122-9761. https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2023.52.1.1204.
The lemon shark is a confirmed species on the continental shelf of the Colombian Caribbean; however, it has only been recorded once in Neguanje bay, department of Magdalena. In this short communication, the first record of Negaprion brevirostris for the Golfo de Salamanca is presented, from a specimen captured at kilometer 40 of the Ciénaga-Barranquilla highway. The individual was an immature male 144 cm in total length.
Keywords : Colombian Caribbean; diversity of marine fish; golfo de Salamanca; Negaprion brevirostris.