First description of a deceased juvenile whale shark Rhincodon typus in La Paz Bay, Mexico with comments on morphometry and age estimates

• Autores: Darren Whitehead, Felipe Galván Magaña, Katherin Soto López, Diego Juaristi Videgaray, Fabián Cervantes Gutiérrez, Edgar Eduardo Becerril García
• Localización: Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, ISSN-e 0718-560X, ISSN 0716-1069, Vol. 47, Nº. 3, 2019, págs. 575-579
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.