First visual record of a living basking shark Cetorhinus maximus in the Caribbean Sea

S.C.V. Geelhoed; N. Janinhoff; J.P. Verdaat

doi:10.18475/cjos.v49i1.a7

First visual record of a living basking shark Cetorhinus maximus in the Caribbean Sea

S.C.V. Geelhoed^*, N. Janinhoff, J.P. Verdaat

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Abstract

The occurrence of basking sharks in the Caribbean Sea is only recently documented by satellite tagging studies, which show that some individuals migrate through the region en route from waters off the east coast of the USA to waters off northeastern South-America. The observation of a basking shark on 7 November 2013 ca. 130 km north-northeast of Aruba during an aerial survey of marine mammals in the waters around the Dutch Leeward Islands is reported. This observation constitutes the first visual record of a living basking shark in the Caribbean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-78
Journal	Caribbean Journal of Science
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v49i1.a7
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Aruba
distribution
Dutch Caribbean
Migration
shark

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Zeezoogdieren Caribisch Nederland (BO-43-117-003, BO-43-021.04-007, BO-11-019.02-005, BO-11-011.05-005)
Noort, B.
1/01/13 → 31/12/24
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