Species Apristurus bucephalus White, Last & Pogonoski, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Apristurus bucephalus White, W.T., Last, P.R. & Pogonoski, J.J. 2008. Apristurus bucephalus sp. nov., a new deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from southwestern Australia. pp. 105-112 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 [106, figs 1-3].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.2615–01, west of Mandurah, WA [32°33'S, 114°25'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO H.3111–06.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Apristurus sp. F. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [169]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Leeuwin and Mandurah, WA; subtroppical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

920-1140 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. [205] (as Apristurus sp. F)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [169] (as Apristurus sp. F)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [190]

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [205] (Bighead Catshark)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [190] (Bighead Catshark)

 

History of changes

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16-Apr-2012		25-Jul-2014	MODIFIED
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