First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus in La Paz Bay, Mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates
Author
Whitehead, Darren
Galván-Magaña, Felipe
Soto-López, Katherin
Juaristi-Videgaray, Diego
Cervantes-Gutiérrez, Fabián
Becerril-García, Edgar Eduardo
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Abstract
This paper is the first report with morphometric measurements in the Eastern Tropical Pacific of a deceased 5.48 m juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus, from a rare stranding in La Paz Bay in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Biological measurements and age estimation are provided by the analysis of photographs and growth in rings from vertebrae.