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A new record of the sharpnose seven-gill shark Heptranchias perlo, from the north-east Atlantic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2001

A.C. Henderson  and
R.S. Williams
A.C. Henderson
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, E-mail: aaron.henderson@nuigalway.ie
R.S. Williams
Affiliation:
National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth, UK, E-mail: rolf@national-aquarium.co.uk
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Abstract

The third record of the sharpnose seven-gill shark Heptranchias perlo (Selachii: Hexanchidae) north of the Bay of Biscay is reported. The 101 cm total length specimen, which was taken incidentally on a commercial bottom-set longline at a depth of 166 m, was an immature female. Beaks belonging to the short-finned squid Illex coindetii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) were recovered from the stomach, and an unidentified species of nematode was found parasitizing the stomach mucosa.

Type
Short Communication
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 4 , August 2001 , pp. 707 - 708
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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