Species Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962
Bigeye Sixgill Shark, Bigeyed Sixgill Shark
- Hexanchus griseus nakamurai Teng, H.-T 1962. Classification and Distribution of the Chondrichthyes of Taiwan. Maizuru, Japan : Ogawa Press 304 pp. [30, fig. 5].
Type data:
Neotype NMMBP 15835, Cheng-gong, Taiwan [22º58’N 120º08’E]
Comment: Holotype TFRI 2515, Keelung, Taiwan, and paratype TFRI 3280 both lost.Subsequent designation references:
Ebert, D A., White, W.T. & Ho, H.-C. 2013. Redescription of Hexanchus nakamurai Teng 1962, (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes: Hexanchidae), with designation of a neotype. Zootaxa 3752(1): 20-34 [22].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Bunbury, WA and Northwest Shelf, WA and off QLD to southern NSW; tropical, temperate, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
90–600 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Hexanchidae, Echinorhinidae, Squalidae. pp. 1208-1232 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. [1210]
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. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [20] (FAO) (Bigeyed Sixgill Shark)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [41] (Bigeye Sixgill Shark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Bigeye Sixgill Shark)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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16-Jan-2014 | Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962 | 16-Jan-2014 | MODIFIED | |
16-Apr-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |