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

Abstract

Observations, photographs, and video footage of a 337 cm total length female smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox made at a depth of 348 m on the northern slope of San Ambrosio Island in the Desventuradas Islands (26819.456 ′ S 79852.281 ′ W) on 25 February 2013 represent not just the first record of this species in Chilean waters, but the first in the entire south-eastern Pacific Ocean, marking a tremendous range extension of this species. We also summarize the few known occurrences of this species along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America.

Fish biodiversity of Saint Peter and Saint Paulʼs Archipelago, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge, Brazil: new records and a species database

“…The increase in the depth range of scientific exploration is contributing to a better understanding of the distribution of the world's marine biodiversity and accelerating the rate of knowledge acquisition about the distributions and biogeographical patterns of marine organisms. For instance, despite being considered a cosmopolitan species, there were few records for the chondrichthyan Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the southwestern (Fergusson et al ., 2008; Graham et al ., 2016; Long et al ., 2014) and equatorial Atlantic (present study). Moreover, the recent research effort in the deep waters at SPSPA resulted in the description of new teleost species such as Physiculus cirm Carvalho‐Filho & Pires, 2019, O. cauoh and T. aphrodite .…”

“…The increase in the depth range of scientific exploration is contributing to a better understanding of the distribution of the world's marine biodiversity and accelerating the rate of knowledge acquisition about the distributions and biogeographical patterns of marine organisms. For instance, despite being considered a cosmopolitan species, there were few records for the chondrichthyan Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810) in the southwestern (Fergusson et al, 2008;Graham et al, 2016;Long et al, 2014) Despite the isolation and small area of SPSPA, the richness of the fish species is similar to that recorded for other larger islands of the SA (Pinheiro et al, 2015;Quimbayo et al, 2019;Soto, 2001) and MAR (Wirtz et al, 2017), and should keep increasing with further studies, based on the species accumulation curves and low overlap between adults and larvae records ( Figure 5). This relatively high fish richness level recorded for SPSPA is a consequence of extensive sampling on Thus, it is believed that additional deep exploration and sampling effort in SPSPA might reveal more endemic and undescribed deep-sea species.…”

First reports of smalltooth sand tiger sharks, Odontaspis ferox (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes: Odontaspididae), off the continental Ecuador

“…In the central eastern Pacifi c only one species has been identifi ed: Odontaspis ferox, which is distributed from southern California to the Gulf of California (Compagno 1984, Fischer et al 1995. The smalltooth sand tiger sharks, O. ferox, have also been reported off the coast of Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Malpelo Island, Colombia (Robertson and Allen 2002), the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Acuña-Marrero et al 2013, Ritter andCompagno 2013), and Isla San Ambrosio, Chile (Long et al 2014).…”

“…The total fi shing time was approximately 12 h. Both records were made in the province of Manabí, Ecuador. Odontaspis ferox has been reported off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands, southern California and the Gulf of California (Compagno 1984, Fischer et al 1995 in North America; Malpelo Island, Colombia (Allen and Robertson 2015); Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (Acuña-Marrero et al 2013, Ritter andCompagno 2013), and San Ambrosio Island, Chile (Long et al 2014) in South America.…”

The complete mitogenome of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sand tiger shark,Odontaspis ferox(Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)

“… 2013 ; Ritter and Compagno 2013 ; Long et al. 2014 ; Estupinan-Montano et al. 2016 ; Wellington et al.…”