Species Apristurus pinguis Deng, Xiong & Zhan, 1983

Museums

Regional Maps

• Apristurus pinguis Deng, S.-M., Xiong,G.-Q. & Zhan, H.-X. 1983. Description of three new species of elasmobranchiate fishes from deep waters of the east China Sea. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica 14(1): 64-70 [in Chinese, English summary] [64, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ECSFI SH80D-0312, East China Sea [26°-31°N, 125°-128°E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Apristurus sp. 4. —
  White, W. 2008. Shark Families Heterodontidae to Pristiophoridae. pp. 32-100 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [55]
• Apristurus sp. E. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Broken Bay, NSW to Beachport, SA and TAS, also Norfolk Island; disjunct (eastern Indian Ocean, north-west Pacific and New Zealand); temperate

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

1020-1500 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. [198] (and p. 204, as Apristurus sp. E)

Kawauchi, J., Sasahara, R., Sato, K. & Nakaya, K . 2008. Occurrence of the deep-water catsharks Apristurus platyrhynchus and Apristurus pinguis in the Indian and Western South Pacific Oceans (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). pp. 75-92 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 [80]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [177] (as Apristurus sp. E)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [193]

White, W. 2008. Shark Families Heterodontidae to Pristiophoridae. pp. 32-100 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [55] (as Apristurus sp. 4)

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 [110] (Australian records)

 

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. [198] (Fat Catshark)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [193] (Bulldog Catshark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	ELASMOBRANCHII	17-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)