First record of the pigeye shark, carcharhinus amboinensis (müller & henle, 1839) (carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae), in the red sea

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-121

  Spaet, Julia L Y ^a   Cochran, Jesse E M ^a   Berumen, Michael L ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; SHARK; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINIFORMES; CARCHARHINUS AMBOINENSIS; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 79955629676     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2011.10638488     Document Type: Article

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