Species Squalus altipinnis Last, White & Stevens, 2007

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• Squalus altipinnis Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Stevens, J.D. 2007. Part 5 — New species of Squalus of the 'highfin megalops group' from the Australasian region. pp. 39-53 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new dogfishes of the genus Squalus (Squaloidea: Squalidae). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 14: 1-130 [43, figs 5-8].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO CA.4111, east of Rowley Shoals, WA [17°18'S, 120°09'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO CA.3297.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Squalus sp. C. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [79]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Rowley Shoals, WA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

298–305 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. [79, pl. 2] (as Squalus sp. C)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [94, figs 21, 8.21, 8.33 pl. 6] (as Squalus sp. C)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [50]

 

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)