Species Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)

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External Links

• Centrophorus squamulosus Günther, A. 1877. Preliminary notes on new fishes collected in Japan during the expedition of H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 20(56): 433-446 [433].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1880.5.1.1 ♂, off Inosima, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Scynmodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877). —
  Regan, C.T. 1908. A synopsis of sharks of the family Squalidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 2: 39-57 [48]
• Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877). —
  Jordan, D.S. & Fowler, H.W. 1903. A review of the elasmobranchiate fishes of Japan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26(1324): 593-674 figs 1-10 pls 26-27 [633] (changed combination as type of genus Zameus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Naturaliste to Rowley Shoals, off WA, and nothern NSW to TAS; tropical, circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

550-2000 m

 

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [101] (as Scymnodon squamulosus)

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [111]

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Hexanchidae, Echinorhinidae, Squalidae. pp. 1208-1232 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp. [1228] (as Scymnodon squamulosus)

Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [28] (as Scymnodon squamulosus)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [102]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [96]

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [101] (Velvet Dogfish)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [102] (as Zameus squamulosus) (Velvet Dogfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Velvet Dogfish)

 

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)