The Persian/Arabian Gulf's sole great white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) record from Kuwait: Misidentification of a sandtiger shark Carcharias taurus (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1591, 2007, Pages 67-68

  Moore, Alec B M ^a   Compagno, Leonard J V ^b   Fergusson, Ian K ^c  

^a RSK Environment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^c BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; LAMNIDAE; LAMNIFORMES; ODONTASPIDIDAE;

EID: 34848906271     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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