First records of Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944) in the subtropical waters of eastern Taiwan

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Wang, John Y ^a,b   Yang, Shih Chu ^c  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^b FormosaCetus Res and Conserv Group   (Canada)

^c FormosaCetus Res Conserv G   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; SHARK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); TAIWAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SOMNIOSUS; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS; SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042433667     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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