Species Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839)
Spot-tail Shark, School Shark, Sorrah Shark, Spot-tail Whaler, West Australian Whaler Shark
- Carcharias (Prionodon) sorrah Valenciennes, A. in Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1839. Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Berlin : Veit & Co. pp. 29-102 pls. [45, pl. 16] [name is from Valenciennes and the species is often attributed to him, but the description apparently by Müller, J. & Henle].
Type data:
Lectotype RMNH 4294 ♀, Java.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 1131 ♀; MNHP 1132 ♂ (= Carcharhinus falciformis).Subsequent designation references:
Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 445: 1-194 figs 1-83 [168]. - Galeolamna (Galeolamnoides) isobel Whitley, G.P. 1947. New sharks and fishes from Western Australia. Part 3. The Australian Zoologist 11(2): 129-150 figs 1-3 pl. 11 [129, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM IB.1493 ♀ jaws, skin and fins, Long Island, between Cape Preston and the Mary Anne Group, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Garrick, J.A.F. 1982. Sharks of the genus Carcharhinus. National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.). Technical Report 445: 1-194 figs 1-83 [165]
Generic Combinations
- Carcharhinus isobel (Whitley, 1947). —
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] [10] - Squalus (Carcharinus) sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839). —
Gray, J.E. 1851. List of the Specimens of Fish in the Collection of the British Museum. Chondropterygii. London : British Museum 160 pp., 2 pls. [47] - Prionodon sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839). —
Kner, R. 1867. Fische, Dritte Abteilung. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857–1858–1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllestorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil 1. Wien : Kurl Gerold's & Sohn Vol. 5 273-433 pp. 12-16 pls. [414] - Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [132] (changed combination cited using unjustified emmendtion of generic name Carcharinus; new combination) - Eulamia sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839). —
Fowler, H.W. 1928. The fishes of Oceania. Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 10: 1-540 figs 1-82 pls 1-49 [19]
Fowler, H.W. 1941. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli and Ostariophysi obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(13): 1-879 figs 1-30 [156] - Isoplagiodon sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839). —
Gill, T.N. 1862. Analytical synopsis of the order of squali and revision of the nomenclature of the genera; (followed by) Squalorum generum novorum descriptiones diagnosticae. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History New York 7(32, 33): 367-370, 371-413 (dated 1861) [401] (changed combination as type of genus Isoplagiodon)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Carcharinus sorrah (Müller, J. & Henle, 1839). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [132] (unjustified emmendation of generic name)
Introduction
In 2007 Carcharhinus sorrah was placed on the IUCN Red List as Near Threatened.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Point Quobba, WA (24°29'S) to Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, Indo-west Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [306]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
To 80 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Family Carcharhinidae. pp. 1312-1360 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. [1347]
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] [10] (63, as C. isobel)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (47 as Galeolamna isobel)
Common Name References
Kailola, P.J., Williams, M.J., Stewart, P.C., Reichelt, R.E., McNee, A. & Grieve, C. 1993. Australian Fisheries Resources. Canberra : Bureau of Resource Sciences and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 422 pp. [196] (Spot-tail Whaler)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [255] (School Shark, Sorrah Shark)
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] [10] (West Australian Whaler Shark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Spot-tail Shark)
History of changes
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