On the Little-Known Sharks Etmopterus villosus (Etmopteridae) and Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (Somniosidae) from the Pacific Ocean

Resumo

Description and notes on distribution of the following two rare squalid sharks are provided: Etmopterus villosus (16 specimens caught in summer 1979 from the Marcus–Necker Ridge) and Scymnodalatias sherwoodi (one specimen caught in summer 1982 from the epipelagic zone of the southeastern Pacific Ocean). The former species is known only by the holotype from the Hawaiian Islands; the latter, by three specimens from the Australia–New Zealand region.