First record of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, from United Arab Emirates waters

Rima W. Jabado; Saif M. Al Ghais; Waleed Hamza; Aaron C. Henderson; Mohamed A. Ahmad

doi:10.1017/S1755267213000043

First record of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, from United Arab Emirates waters

Rima W. Jabado, Saif M. Al Ghais, Waleed Hamza, Aaron C. Henderson, Mohamed A. Ahmad

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Abstract

On 18 March 2012, a female specimen of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, measuring 256 cm, was by-caught by a net fisherman targeting narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson, off Dalma Island in Abu Dhabi waters. This occurrence represents the first documented record of C. taurus in United Arab Emirates waters. The geographical distribution of this species in the Arabian/Persian Gulf is discussed and updated. The limited records of this species in this body of water may be due to the absence of rigorous species landing reports across countries bordering the Arabian/Persian Gulf.

Original language	English
Article number	e27
Journal	Marine Biodiversity Records
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267213000043
Publication status	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Arabian/Persian Gulf
United Arab Emirates
elasmobranch
new record

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science
Ecology

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First record of the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, from United Arab Emirates waters

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