The presence of S. afuerae is registered for first time in Colombian Pacific waters. Considering the period and the relative abundance, the cause to be is presumed the migratory effect by the cold phenomenon “La Niña”, declared in the end of 1998 and/or the few samples in the rocky zones offshore the continental shelf.
The first records of the pelagic cephalopod Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 captured alive in shallow waters of the Central Mexican Pacific are presented, complementing such information with a brief analysis of specimens of Argonauta cornuta Linnaeus, 1758 from stomach contents of commercial fish, caught in the sport fishing of said region.
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