New occurrence of big eye thresher shark in Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India

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New occurrence of big eye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus lowe, 1841 in Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India

Gowthaman A M, Jawahar P, Venkataramani V K

The big eye thresher Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841 is a pelagic subtropical species with a circumtropical distribution. Its occurrence in India has been reported to be restricted to southwest coast of India until this record. This is the first observation of capturing Alopias superciliosus Lowe, 1841 in southeast coast of India. (…)

Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)
Vol.43(5) May 2014, pp.883-885

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