Short communication: First report of thresher sharks (Alopiidae) in the Gulf of Antalya
Generally, Alopiidae family members are active, strong-swimming, pelagic, coastal and deep-water sharks. They are characterized by a very long upper caudal lobe. They have two dorsal fins; the second dorsal and anal fins are very small. They can be found in all warm oceans and mainly feed on small to moderately large schooling fishes and squids (Compagno, 2002). Up to now, only three species have been described in family Alopiidae with two of them Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) and Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839) reported from the Mediterranean Sea (Golani et al., 2006). The third species (A. pelagicus) is reported from the Pacific Ocean (Compagno, 2001; Golani et al., 2006; Gowthaman et al., 2014).
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| Format: | Journal Contribution biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Subjects: | Thresher sharks, Alopiidae, Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/12263 |
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