Genus Halaelurus Gill, 1862
- Halaelurus Gill, T.N. 1862. Analytical synopsis of the order of squali and revision of the nomenclature of the genera; (followed by) Squalorum generum novorum descriptiones diagnosticae. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 7(32, 33): 367-370, 371-413 (dated 1861) [407, 412].
Type species:
Scyllium buergeri Müller & Henle, 1838 by original designation.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
SCYLIORHINIDAE: Halaelurus boesemani Springer & D'Aubrey, 1972 — White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2007. Halaelurus maculosus n. sp. and H. sellus n. sp., two new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 1639: 1-21 [20] (restricted to western Indian Ocean)
SCYLIORHINIDAE: Halaelurus buergeri (Müller & Henle, 1838) — Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [322] (restricted to north-west Pacific)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)
History of changes
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 12-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED |