Fernando Cervigón
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Dr. Fernando Cervigón is a Venezuela
n ichthyologist and marine biologist. He has discovered and described numerous species of fish including the Caribbean roughshark
and is author of numerous works on fish and Venezuela's ocean environment including Los Peces Marinos de Venezuela. He is the president of the Museo del Mar on Margarita Island
, Nueva Esparta
, Venezuela.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n ichthyologist and marine biologist. He has discovered and described numerous species of fish including the Caribbean roughshark
Caribbean roughshark
The Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus, is a sleeper shark of the family Oxynotidae, found on the upper continental slopes of the Caribbean Sea, at depths of between 400 and 450 m. It reaches a length of about 50 cm....
and is author of numerous works on fish and Venezuela's ocean environment including Los Peces Marinos de Venezuela. He is the president of the Museo del Mar on Margarita Island
Isla Margarita
Margarita Island is the largest island of the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital city of Nueva Esparta is La Asunción, located in a river...
, Nueva Esparta
Nueva Esparta
Nueva Esparta State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It comprises Margarita Island, Coche, and the largely uninhabited Cubagua.The state is the smallest one in area, and is located off the northeast Caribbean coast of Venezuela. It is the only insular state of Venuezuela...
, Venezuela.