Sharks of the persian (Arabian) gulf: A first annotated checklist (chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3167, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Moore, Alec B M ^a,b   Ward, Robert D ^c   Peirce, Richard ^d  

^a RSK Environment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Shark Conservation Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carcharhinidae; COI barcoding; Elasmobranch; Fisheries; Western Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINIDAE; CARCHARHINUS BREVIPINNA; CARCHARHINUS MELANOPTERUS; CARCHARIAS TAURUS; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE; SPHYRNA LEWINI;

EID: 84856142729     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3167.1.1     Document Type: Article

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