Sharks of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: a first annotated checklist (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) Author Moore, Alec B. M. Author Ward, Robert D. Author Peirce, Richard text Zootaxa 2012 3167 1 16 journal article 45615 10.5281/zenodo.279779 945c11aa-91c3-427c-944e-3362b7031ef5 1175-5326 279779 Alopiidae (Thresher sharks) No confirmed Gulf records. Goubanov & Shleib (1980) reported thresher shark Alopias vulpinus ( Bonnaterre, 1788 ) as “very seldom seen in the Gulf, only in its southern areas”, although Randall (1996) regarded this as doubtful. Bigeye thresher A. superciliosus ( Lowe, 1841 ) was regarded by Compagno et al. (2005) as possibly occurring in the Gulf, and both this species and the pelagic thresher A. pelagicus Nakamura, 1935 are known from Oman ( Henderson et al . 2007 ).