Publication Date:
2021-06-23
Description:
The sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, ranges from Chile (Crovetto et al., 1992) through southern California (Phillips,1953), British
Columbia to the Gulf of Alaska (Bright,1959), the Bering Sea (Wilimovsky,1954), and Japan (Tanaka et al.,1982). It is thought to be a voracious and versatile feeder and its diet has been shown to include young marine mammals, such as harbor seal, Phoca vitulina (Bright,1959), and the southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii, (Crovetto et al.,1992). The purpose of this study is to describe
the diet of the sleeper shark in the Gulf of Alaska area.
Type:
Article
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PeerReviewed
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text
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