Species Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, 2008
Marbled Ghostshark
- Hydrolagus marmoratus Didier, D.A. 2008. Two new species of the genus Hydrolagus Gill (Holocephali: Chimaeridae) from Australia. pp. 349-356 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [353].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.29762–003, east of Hawks Nest, NSW [32°45-41'S, 152°49-50'E].
Paratype(s) AM I.24615–004; AM I.29739–001; CSIRO H.2276–01; CSIRO H.2303–01; CSIRO H.2303–02; CSIRO H.2303–05; CSIRO H.2304–01; CSIRO H.2304–02.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Off Whitsunday Group (20°20'S), QLD to off Bulli (34°20'S), NSW, subtropical
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [305]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
550-995 m
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Chimaeras. pp. 1532-1537 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. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1537] (as Hydrolagus sp. B)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [476] (as Hydrolagus sp. B)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1999. Chimaeras. pp. 1532-1537 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. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1537] (Marbled Ghostshark)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [497] (Marbled Ghostshark)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Mar-2010 | ADDED |