GALEUS SPRINGERI, A NEW SPECIES OF SAWTAIL CATSHARK FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA (CHONDRICHTHYES, SCYLIORHINIDAE)

Authors
KONSTANTINOU H COZZI JR
Citation
H. Konstantinou et Jr. Cozzi, GALEUS SPRINGERI, A NEW SPECIES OF SAWTAIL CATSHARK FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA (CHONDRICHTHYES, SCYLIORHINIDAE), Copeia, (1), 1998, pp. 151-158
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Copeia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00458511
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
151 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-8511(1998):1<151:GSANSO>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Galeus springeri n. sp. is described from the Caribbean Sea and was pr eviously included with the subspecific complex of Galeus arae (Scylior hinidae). It is distinguished from congeners by the combination of the presence of a ventral precaudal crest of enlarged denticles, longitud inal striped pattern, and greater number of monospondylous and diplosp ondylous vertebrae. Galeus springeri is sympatric with Galeus arae ant illensis and is found off the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola , and Cuba.