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

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S.C.V. Geelhoed,^1,* N. Janinhoff,¹ J.P. Verdaat¹

¹IMARES Wageningen UR, Institute for Marine Resource & Ecosystem Studies, Ecosystems Department, Anke

^*Corresponding author email: steve.geelhoed@wur.nl

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.

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S.C.V. Geelhoed, N. Janinhoff, and J.P. Verdaat "First visual record of a living basking shark Cetorhinus maximus in the Caribbean Sea," Caribbean Journal of Science 49(1), 76-78, (1 August 2016). https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v49i1.a7

Published: 1 August 2016

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