Species Asymbolus occiduus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999

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• Asymbolus occiduus Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Gledhill, D.C. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: Descriptions of three new dark-spotted species. pp. 19-35, figs 1-3 in Last, P.R. (ed.). Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). CSIRO Marine Laboratory. Report 239: 1-35, 6 figs [21, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H2263-02, south of Cape Leeuwin, WA [34°57´S, 114°56´E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO CA3331; CSIRO CA3332; CSIRO CA3333; CSIRO CA3334; CSIRO H2613-01; CSIRO H2620-01; CSIRO H2620-02; CSIRO H2620-03; CSIRO T500.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Asymbolus sp. F. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [172]
• Halaelurus analis Ogilby, 1885. —
  Scott, T.D., Glover, C.J.M. & Southcott, R.V. 1980. The Marine and Freshwater Fishes of South Australia. Adelaide : Government Printer 2, 392 pp. (misidentification of South Australian material)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From off Fowlers Bay, SA to off Fremantle, WA; temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

98–400 m.

 

General References

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [207]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [172, 186 fig. 26.14a pl. 21] (as Asymbolus sp. F)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [198]

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [6] (as Halaelurus analis, in part)

White, W. 2008. Shark Families Heterodontidae to Pristiophoridae. pp. 32-100 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [58]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [32] (in part)

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Gledhill, D.C. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: Descriptions of three new dark-spotted species. pp. 19-35, figs 1-3 in Last, P.R. (ed.). Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). CSIRO Marine Laboratory. Report 239: 1-35, 6 figs [24] (Western Spotted Catshark)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Western Spotted Catshark)

Waite, E.R. 1928. Check list of the marine fishes of South Australia. Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institute 3(1): 3-13 [3] (based on misidentified Asymbolus analis) (Spotted Cat Shark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)