Additions to the shark fauna of the persian (arabian) gulf: (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae and Carcharhinidae)

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Moore, Alec B M ^a   White, William T ^b   Peirce, Richard ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Shark Conservation Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Elasmobranch; Kuwait; Qatar; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; NEW RECORD; PHOTOGRAPH; SHARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; PERSIAN GULF; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA;

CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOIDES; CARCHARHINUS AMBLYRHYNCHOS; CARCHARHINUS MACLOTI; CHONDRICHTHYES; CITRUS LIMON; HEMIPRISTIS ELONGATUS; LOXODON MACRORHINUS; NEGAPRION; NEGAPRION ACUTIDENS;

EID: 77956389323     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2010.10638415     Document Type: Article

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