Occurrence of the ragged-tooth shark, Odontaspis ferox, at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, western equatorial Atlantic

Summary of South American records of the smalltooth sand tiger shark Odontaspis ferox (Chondrichthyes: Odontaspidae), with the first record from Chilean waters

“…In fact, this occurrence is one of the few known records for all of South America (Figure 2). In addition to the previous in situ observations of live O. ferox from Malpelo Island and Wolf Island, there are several records from the Atlantic coast of South America, including two records from Fernando de Noronha Island off the northeastern coast of Brazil (Menni et al, 1995;Garla & Júnior, 2009), several records of sharks caught by long-liners based in Santos City, São Paulo State, Brazil (Amorim et al, 1998), and one from the shark fishery based in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil (Santander-Neto et al, 2011).…”

Distribution, abundance and biology of the smalltooth sandtiger shark Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)

“…Until recently, there was a sole published record of O. ferox from the South Atlantic, a specimen caught off north-eastern Brazil and identified from preserved jaws (Menni et al 1995). As we completed our paper, Garla and Garcia Júnior (2006) reported a ca. 300 cm TL specimen, caught at night by handline at a depth >60 m, from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago off Brazil (3852 0 S 32825 0 W).…”

The economic role of sharks in a major ecotourism archipelago in the western South Atlantic

“…At least 20 shark species are known to exist in Noronha [22,23]. The three most common are the reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi), the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) and the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), which use the insular shelf as a nursery and mating area while their juveniles are resident [24][25][26].…”