Carcharhinidae

Calle-Morán, Marcos Douglas & Béarez, Philippe, 2020, Updated checklist of marine cartilaginous fishes from continental and insular Ecuador (Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean), Cybium 44 (3), pp. 239-250 : 242-243

Family Carcharhinidae

33. Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) – Tiburón de puntas blancas – Silvertip shark Mainland/ Galápagos. Béarez (1996), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Hearn et al. (2014), Robertson and Allen (2015), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). VU

34. Carcharhinus altimus (Springer, 1950) – Tiburón baboso – Bignose shark

Mainland/ Galápagos. Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa-Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). DD

35. Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther, 1870) – Tiburón cobrizo – Copper shark

Mainland. Béarez (1996), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013). NT

36. Carcharhinus cerdale Gilbert, 1898 – Tiburón poroso; Pacific smalltail shark

Mainland. Pers. obs., Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), Castro (2011), Robertson and Allen (2015). NE

37. Carcharhinus falciformis (Müller & Henle, 1839) – Tiburón jaquetón – Silky shark ( Fig. 2B ) Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). VU

38. Carcharhinus galapagensis (Snodgrass & Heller, 1905) – Tiburón de Galápagos – Galápagos shark Mainland/ Galápagos. Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa-Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). LC

39. Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) – Tiburón sarda – Bull shark

Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa-Domỉnguez (2013), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). NT

40. Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) – Tiburón macuira – Blacktip shark Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). NT

41. Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) – Tiburón oceánico – Oceanic whitetip shark Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). CR

42. Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) – Tiburón arenero – Dusky shark

Mainland. Béarez (1996), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013). EN

43. Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) – Tiburón trozo – Sandbar shark

Mainland/ Galápagos. Béarez (1996), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). VU

44. Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & Lesueur, 1822) – Tinto- rera tigre – Tiger shark

Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). NT

45. Nasolamia velox (Gilbert, 1898) – Cazón trompa blanca – Whitenose shark ( Fig. 2C ) Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). DD

46. Negaprion fronto ( Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) – Tiburón galano – Lemon shark

Mainland. Béarez (1996), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Del Moral-Flores et al. (2016). NT

47. Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tiburón azul – Blue shark

Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). NT

48. Rhizoprionodon longurio ( Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) – Cazón picudo del Pacỉfico – Pacific sharpnose shark Mainland. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa-Domỉnguez (2013). DD

49. Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) – Tiburón corale- ro ñato – Whitetip reef shark

Mainland/ Galápagos. Pers. obs., Béarez (1996), Jiménez-Prado and Béarez (2004), McCosker and Rosenblatt (2010), Martỉnez-Ortiz and Garcỉa- Domỉnguez (2013), Hearn et al. (2014), Tirado-Sánchez et al. (2016). NT

Figures

Figure 2. – Pictures of some comon species from the Ecuadorian coastal small-scale fishery (© P. Béarez). A: Mustelus henlei (596 mm TL, Puerto López, 17 Nov. 2004). B: Carcharhinus falciformis (1095 mm TL, Puerto López, 13 May 2006). C: Nasolamia velox (1060 mm TL, Puerto López, 15 Dec. 2005). D: Squatina armata (940 mm TL, Salango, 22 Apr. 1994). E: Zapteryx xyster (410 mm TL, Puerto López, 19 Nov. 2011). F: Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (664 mm TL, Salango, 8 Nov. 2008). G: Pseudobatos prahli (765 mm TL, Puerto López, 8 Nov. 2008). H: Rostroraja equatorialis (560 mm TL, Puerto López, 19 Nov. 2011). I: Urobatis halleri (437 mm TL, Salango, 13 Jul. 1994). J: Myliobatis peruvianus (1920 mm TL, Salango, 11 Nov. 2008).