Lista patrón de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México

Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores; Juan J. Morrone; Javier Alcocer Durand; Héctor Espinosa-Pérez; Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León

doi:10.15470/hrl1kv

Lista patrón de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México

Citation

Del Moral-Flores L F, Morrone J J, Alcocer Durand J, Espinosa-Pérez H, Pérez-Ponce De León G (2022). Lista patrón de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México. Version 1.11. Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15470/hrl1kv accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-13.

Description

An annotated checklist of the species of sharks, rays and chimaeras (chondrichthyan fishes) occurring in Mexican waters is presented, based on a thorough review of the literature and electronic database searches, examination of museum collection specimens, and unpublished records obtained during fieldwork conducted in the last four years. The checklist contains information of at least 214 species of chondrichthyan fishes that ocur in Mexican marine and brackish waters, assigned to 84 genera, 40 families and 14 orders. It includes eight species of chimaeras, 95 of batoids and 111 of sharks. Mexican´s chondrichthyan fauna is one of the richest in the world, with almost 17.3% of the known species. Additionally, 16 species are included, as their occurrence in Mexican marine waters is probable according with distributional patterns.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Marine waters surrounding México, from the beginning of the 19th century to the present, with major emphasis on the period 1950-1990

Sampling

Review of bibliography and collections

Method steps

Mexican collections reviewed: CIBN,Colección Ictiológica del Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste; CI-CICIMAR,Colección Ictiológica, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN); CIICMYL-P,Colección Ictiológica del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); CRP-CIIDIR,Colección Regional de Peces, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional, IPN, Oaxaca; CMR,Colección de Material Reciente, Museo María del Carmen Perrilliat M., Colección Nacional de Paleontología, Instituto de Geología, UNAM; CNPE-IBUNAM. Colección Nacional de Peces, Instituto de Biología, UNAM; CIFES-I,Colección Ictiológica de la Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM; CP-UMSNH. Colección de Peces, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo; CP-UMAR,Colección de Peces del Laboratorio de Ictiología y Pesquerías de la Universidad del Mar, campus Puerto Ángel; DIGADOC-P,Colección Biológica de la Secretaría de Marina-Armada de México, Dirección General Adjunta de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología; ENCB-IPN-LEM,Colección del Laboratorio de Ecología Marina, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, IPN; MHN-UABCS,Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur; UABC. Colección de Peces, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; UAEM,Colección de Peces Edmundo Díaz Pardo, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos.

Taxonomic Coverages

sharks, rays and chimaeras (chondrichthyan fishes)

Holocephali
rank: class
Chimaeriformes
rank: order
Rhinochimaeridae
rank: family
Hexanchiformes
rank: order
Chlamydoselachidae
rank: family
Hexanchidae
rank: family
Chimaeridae
rank: family
Hexanchiformes
rank: order
Echinorhiniformes
rank: order
Echinorhinidae
rank: family
Squaliformes
rank: order
Squalidae
rank: family
Centrophoridae
rank: family
Etmopteridae
rank: family
Somniosidae
rank: family
Oxynotidae
rank: family
Dalatiidae
rank: family
Squatiniformes
rank: order
Squatinidae
rank: family
Heterodontiformes
rank: order
Heterodontidae
rank: family
Orectolobiformes
rank: order
Ginglymostomatidae
rank: family
Rhincodontidae
rank: family
Lamniformes
rank: order
Odontaspididae
rank: family
Pseudocarchariidae
rank: family
Megachasmidae
rank: family
Alopiidae
rank: family
Cetorhinidae
rank: family
Lamnidae
rank: family
Carcharhiniformes
rank: order
Pentanchidae
rank: family
Triakidae
rank: family
Carcharhinidae
rank: family
Sphyrnidae
rank: family
Torpediniformes
rank: order
Torpedinidae
rank: family
Narcinidae
rank: family
Pristiformes
rank: order
Pristidae
rank: family
Rhinobatiformes
rank: order
Rhinobatidae
rank: family
Platyrhinidae
rank: family
Rajiformes
rank: order
Arhynchobatidae
rank: family
Rajidae
rank: family
Anacanthobatidae
rank: family
Myliobatiformes
rank: order
Urotrygonidae
rank: family
Dasyatidae
rank: family
Myliobatidae
rank: family
Rhinopteridae
rank: family
Mobulidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

in Mexican waters

Bibliographic Citations

Del Moral-Flores, L. F., Morrone, J. J., Alcocer Durand, J., Espinosa-Pérez, H., Pérez-Ponce De León, G., 2015. Lista patrón de los tiburones, rayas y quimeras (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) de México. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 13: 47-163, Doi: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2015.13.0047 - https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2015.13.0047

Contacts

Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores
originator
position: Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas
Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Av. Universidad 3000
México
04510
México, DF
MX
email: delmoralfer@gmail.com

Juan J. Morrone
originator
Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
México
MX

Javier Alcocer Durand
originator
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
MX

Héctor Espinosa-Pérez
originator
Inst. de Biología, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
México
MX

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León
originator
Inst. de Biología, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
MX

Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores
metadata author
Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
MX
email: delmoralfer@gmail.com

Luis Fernando Del Moral-Flores
administrative point of contact
position: Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas
Fac. de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Av. Universidad 3000
México
04510
México, DF
MX

Juan J. Morrone
administrative point of contact
Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
México
MX

Javier Alcocer Durand
administrative point of contact
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
MX

Héctor Espinosa-Pérez
administrative point of contact
Inst. de Biología, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
MX

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce De León
administrative point of contact
Inst. de Biología, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
MX