First occurrence and new length record for the bigeye thresher shark in the north-east Atlantic

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 222-224

  Thorpe, T ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alopias superciliosus; first occurrence; north east Atlantic; sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

FISH; NEW RECORDS; SST;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

ALOPIAS SUPERCILIOSUS;

EID: 0030620430     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0271     Document Type: Article

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