A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2004
Department
Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Abstract
We report a dead, 229-cm-long Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, discovered in 1998 along the shore at Point Hope, Alaska. This is the first definitive record of this species from within the Arctic Circle, the first definitive report of a shark from the Chukchi Sea, and the first report of a shark other than a Greenland shark from within the Arctic Circle.
Publication Title
Polar Biology
Volume
27
Issue
4
First Page
250
Last Page
252
Recommended Citation
Benz, G. W.,
Hocking, R.,
Kowunna, A.,
Bullard, S. A.,
George, J. C.
(2004). A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska. Polar Biology, 27(4), 250-252.
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