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Additional Records of Genus Echinorhinus (Echinorhiniformes: Echinorhinidae) from Indonesia with Notes on the Species Distribution in the Indian Ocean

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Genus Echinorhinus is a very poorly known group of deep-water sharks with widespread but patchy distribution in all major oceans. Echinorhinid sharks consist of two valid species, Echinorhinus brucus is reported more commonly in the Indian Ocean region than its congeneric species, E. cookei. Regular data collections in major shark landing sites in Indonesia have documented additional records of both E. brucus and E. cookei from the Indonesian waters, with updated information on their distributions in the Indian Ocean.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author would like to thank Monica Pinem and Amrul Sitompul of the Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Management Padang for providing information on the record of the bramble shark from Sibolga. Thanks also to Ranny Yuneni and Nur Maulida (WWF-Indonesia) for valuable information on the prickly shark from Muncar. Special thanks to Dr. David Ebert of the Pacific Shark Research Center for proofreading and valuable corrections in the manuscript. The author deeply grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their thorough analysis of the work and very helpful comments.

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Fahmi Additional Records of Genus Echinorhinus (Echinorhiniformes: Echinorhinidae) from Indonesia with Notes on the Species Distribution in the Indian Ocean. J. Ichthyol. 62, 1300–1306 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945222060091

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