Avalos Castillo and Santana Morales: Artisanal elasmobranch fisheries off the Pacific coast of Guatemala 7 
Hypanus longus Sphyrna lewini 
M F M| F n=1268 
130-140 
130-140 | 
Disc width (cm) Total length (cm) 
Rhizoprionodon longurio Mustelus lunulatus 
F M|/F 
—120 
120-130 
0m 
= 
— 
| 
j=) 
j=) 
= 
= 1110 
Total length (cm) Total length (cm 
Narcine vemiculata Carcharhinus limbatus 
FIM 
<= 
130-140 
150-160 
Total length (cm) Total length (cm) 
Mobula thurstoni Pseudobatos leucorhynchus 
M|F 225 F 
— 
| 
oO 
AN 
l 
(=) 
2 
100-110 
150-160 
170-180 
— 
Disc width (cm Total length (cm) 
Hl Sipacate Las Lisas [@& Buena Vista 
Figure 2 
Pooled size-frequency distribution of the elasmobranch species in landings sampled between May 2017 and 
March 2020 from artisanal fisheries that operate from 3 communities along the Pacific coast of Guatemala: 
Las Lisas (light gray bars), Buena Vista (medium gray bars), and Sipacate (black bars). Species include 
the longtail stingray (Hypanus longus), scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini), Pacific sharpnose shark 
(Rhizoprionodon longurio), sicklefin smoothhound (Mustelus lunulatus), vermiculate electric ray (Narcine 
vermiculata), blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), smoothtail mobula (Mobula thurstoni), and whites- 
nout guitarfish (Psewdobatos leucorhynchus). The histograms are based on the number of sampled individu- 
als (x) and not necessarily on the total number of individuals captured. The black vertical lines indicate the 
size at first maturity for males (M) and females (F). 
