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On two old specimens of Alopias superciliosus (Chondrichthyes: Alopiidae) from the Aegean waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2009

Maria Corsini-Foka  and
Andreas Sioulas
Maria Corsini-Foka*
Affiliation:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research/Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Cos Street, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
Andreas Sioulas
Affiliation:
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research/Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Cos Street, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Corsini-Foka, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research/Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, Cos Street, 85100 Rhodes, Greece email: mcorsini-foka@hsr-ncmr.gr
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Abstract

Two preserved specimens of Alopias superciliosus are conserved in the small collection of the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes. Being caught in the Dodecanese waters (south-eastern Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean) during the 1950s, they probably represent the oldest samples of the bigeye thresher shark captured in Mediterranean waters.

Keywords

Alopias superciliosuseastern MediterraneanAegean Sea
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e72
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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