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Rediscovery and description of the quagga shark, Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the southwest coast of India
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8799/
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Rediscovery and description of the quagga shark, Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the southwest coast of India |
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Akhilesh, K V
Bineesh, K K Rajool Shanis, C P Human, B Ganga, U |
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Pelagic Fishes
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The present paper reports the first record of occurrence in the Arabian Sea and extension of distribution of Meganthias filiferus from the Thailand coast of the eastern Indian Ocean. A single specimen measuring 211 mm SL was collected from a commercial trawler operating in the Arabian Sea off the south-western coast of India during August 2008. The two known specimens of this rare species are compared |
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Magnolia Press
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2011
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8799/1/Akhilesh_et_al_2011_Rare_shark_Halaelurus_quagga.pdf
Akhilesh, K V and Bineesh, K K and Rajool Shanis, C P and Human, B and Ganga, U (2011) Rediscovery and description of the quagga shark, Halaelurus quagga (Alcock, 1899) (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from the southwest coast of India. Zootaxa, 2781. pp. 40-48. |
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