Resumen

RUBIO, Efraín A.; PEDRAZA, Milton J.  y  ZAPATA, Luis A.. FIRST RECORD OF DOGFISH SHARK Centroscyllium nigrum (CHONDRICHTHYES: SQUALIDAE) IN THE COLOMBIAN PACIFIC OCEAN. Gayana (Concepc.) [online]. 2005, vol.69, n.1, pp. 113-117. ISSN 0717-6538.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-65382005000100012.

The coombtooth dogfish, Centroscyllium nigrum Garman 1899, is a small, deepwater squaloid shark that live in Eastern Pacific. One adult female specimen of C. nigrum, reported for the first time in Colombian Pacific Ocean a specimen was captured by mean trap in fisheries shrimp big- headed Heterocarpus hostilis Faxon, 1893. These report confirms the presence in the zone. This report confirm the presence of this specie in the zone between Panama Gulf and Galapagos Island

Palabras llave : First record; Centroscyllium nigrum; Colombian Pacific Ocean.