Table 4 Studies of elasmobranchs recorded in the Pacific of Costa Rica using different methods.
Family | Trawling35 | Submarine41 | Longline16 | Diving42 | Diving48 | This study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alopiidae | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
Carcharhinidae | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Dasyatidae | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Echinorhinidae | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Ginglymostomatidae | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
Gymnuridae | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Mobulidae | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 4 | |
Myliobatidae | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Narcinidae | 3 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Odontaspidae | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Potamotrygonidae | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Pseudocarcharhiidae | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Rajiidae | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
Rhincodontidae | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rhinobatidae | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Squatinidae | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Sphyrnidae | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 |
Torpedinidae | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Triakidae | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
Trygonorrhinidae | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Urotrygonidae | 6 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Number of species | 25 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
