Species Atelomycterus macleayi Whitley, 1939
Marbled Catshark, Australian Marbled Catshark, Marbled Cat-shark
- Atelomycterus macleayi Whitley, G.P. 1939. Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. The Australian Zoologist 9(3): 227-262 figs 1-18 pls 20-22 [230, fig. 3] [selected holotype previously figured by Whitley, G.P. 1932. Studies in Ichthyology No. 6. Record of the Australian Museum 18(6): 321–348 figs 1–3 pls 36–39 (322 fig. 1)].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.5269, Port Darwin, NT.
Paratype(s) AM IA.7822–25.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Atelomycterus marmoratus Bennett, 1830. —
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [9] (misidentification in part)
McKay, R.J. 1966. Studies on Western Australian sharks and rays of the families Scyliorhinidae, Urolophidae and Torpedinidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49(3): 65-82 figs 1-6 [66] (misidentification, in part, material also included A. fasciatus)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Hedland, WA to Melville Island, NT; tropical; Queensland records need confirmation.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore, marine, rock bottom–marine, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
To 60 m
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Families Scyliorhinidae, Proscylliidae. pp. 1279-1292 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 2 687-1396 pp. [1288]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [9] (as Atelomycterus marmoratus)
McKay, R.J. 1966. Studies on Western Australian sharks and rays of the families Scyliorhinidae, Urolophidae and Torpedinidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49(3): 65-82 figs 1-6 [67] (also material included as A. marmoratus)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [6] (39)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (39)
Common Name References
Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [292] (FAO) (Australian Marbled Catshark)
Grant, E.M. 1975. Guide to Fishes. Brisbane : Queensland Government, Co-ordinator General’s Department 640 pp. [38] (Marbled Cat-shark)
Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [17] (Marbled Catshark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Marbled Catshark)
History of changes
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16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |