Species Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962

Museums

Regional Maps

External Links

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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. 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] (as H. vitulus)

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [67]

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]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [41]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [39]

Macbeth, W.G., Vandenberg, M. & Graham, K.J. 2008. Identifying Sharks and Rays; A guide to Commercial Fishers. Sydney : New South Wales Department of Primary Industry pp. 71. [31]

 

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)
16-Jan-2014	Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962	16-Jan-2014	MODIFIED
16-Apr-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)