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
).