Species Asymbolus parvus Compagno, Stevens & Last, 1999

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• Asymbolus parvus Compagno, L.J.V., Stevens, J.D. & Last, P.R. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhinidae: Scyliorhinidae). Part 1: Descriptions of three new species from Western Australia. pp. 2-18, 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 [12, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H1505-01, north of Nickol Bay, WA [19°07.3’S, 117°04.4’E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO CA2864; CSIRO CA2865; CSIRO CA3326; CSIRO CA3327; CSIRO CA4070; CSIRO H1035-21; CSIRO H1035-22; CSIRO T1500; CSIRO T1501; CSIRO T1513.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Asymbolus sp. A. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [181]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off north-western Australia, between Shark Bay and the Buccaneer Archipelago (14º48´S), WA; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

160–360 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. [208]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [172, 181 fig. 26.9 pl. 22] (as Asymbolus sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [200]

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V., Stevens, J.D. & Last, P.R. 1999. Australian spotted catsharks of the genus Asymbolus (Carcharhinidae: Scyliorhinidae). Part 1: Descriptions of three new species from Western Australia. pp. 2-18, 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 [14] (Dwarf Catshark)

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