First record of a bowmouth guitarfish, rhina ancylostoma, in northern oman, with an up-date on the status of elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) in the united arab emirates

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-118

  Y, Christophe ^a   Shuriqi, Maral Khaled ^b   Foster, Kristi ^c   Foster, Greg ^c   Chellapermal, Christophe ^d   Rein, Debra ^e  

^a Emirates Wildlife Society   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Environment Protection Development Department   (United Arab Emirates)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Nomad Ocean Adventure   (United Arab Emirates)

^e DNV Fujairah Port   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; SHARK; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; RHINA ANCYLOSTOMA; RHINOBATIDAE;

EID: 50949114145     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2008.10638297     Document Type: Article

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