Species Asymbolus pallidus Last, Gomon & Gledhill, 1999

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• Asymbolus pallidus Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Gledhill, D.C. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: Descriptions of three new dark-spotted species. pp. 19-35, figs 1-3 in Last, P.R. (ed.). Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). CSIRO Marine Laboratory. Report 239: 1-35, 6 figs [24, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H448-01, east of Rockhampton, QLD [22°52.9´S, 152°42.3´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.13855-001; CSIRO H601-07; CSIRO H601-08; CSIRO H601-09; CSIRO H769-05; CSIRO H1113-02; CSIRO H1113-03; CSIRO H2343-02; CSIRO H5240-01; QM I.13515.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Asymbolus sp. E. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [185]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off north-eastern Australia, between Cairns and Bundaberg, QLD; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

225–402 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. [207]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [172, 185 fig. 26.13 pl. 21] (as Asymbolus sp. E)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [199]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Gledhill, D.C. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Part 2: Descriptions of three new dark-spotted species. pp. 19-35, figs 1-3 in Last, P.R. (ed.). Australian catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). CSIRO Marine Laboratory. Report 239: 1-35, 6 figs [27] (Pale Spotted Catshark)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pale Spotted Catshark)

 

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)