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On the occurrence of the bigeye thresher shark, Alopias superciliosus (Chondrichthyes: Alopiidae), in Turkish waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Hakan Kabasakal  and
S. Ünsal Karhan
Hakan Kabasakal*
Affiliation:
Ichthyological Research Society, Atatürk Mahallesi, Menteşoğlu Caddesi, İdil Apt., No. 30/4, Ümraniye, TR-34764 İstanbul, Turkey
S. Ünsal Karhan
Affiliation:
University of İstanbul, Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Müşküle Sokak, No. 1, Vefa, İstanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Hakan Kabasakal Ichthyological Research Society Atatürk Mahallesi, Menteşoğlu Caddesiİdil Apt., No. 30/4 Ümraniye, TR-34764 İstanbulTurkey email: hakankabasakal@hotmail.com
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Abstract

On 23 May 2005, a bigeye thresher shark (350 cm total length (TL)), Alopias superciliosus was captured in Gökova Bay (south-eastern Aegean Sea). This is the first record of the species from Turkish waters. A second specimen (approximately 450 cm TL), was captured off the Silivri coast, northern Sea of Marmara, on 25 February 2007. This is the first record of the species from Marmaric waters and the second record from Turkish seas. The examined head of the Marmaric specimen is described.

Keywords

AlopiidaeAlopias superciliosusTurkish watersdistributionoccurrence
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 1 , January 2008 , e69
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2007

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