Triakidae (Houndsharks)

A record of the blacktip tope Hypogaleus hyugaensis (Miyosi, 1939) in the Gulf was first reported in Compagno (1984), apparently inserted without this author’s knowledge and on an uncertain basis (LJV Compagno, pers. comm.). Randall (1986, Fig. 39) presented a photograph of the then undescribed Paragaleus randalli from Bahrain as H. hyugaensis . Currently H. hyugaensis is known from southern and eastern Africa, Australia, Taiwan and Japan, and seems to be a deeper-water species than P. randalli (LJV Compagno, pers. comm.). As yet there is no evidence for this species in the Gulf.