Species Centrophorus uyato Rafinesque, 1810

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• Squalus uyato Rafinesque, C.S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni Nouvi Generi e Nouve Specie di Animali e Piante della Sicilia con varie Osservazioni sopra i Medesimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. 105, pl. 1-20 [13, pl. 14].

  Type data:

   Neotype BMNH 2021.10.4.1 female, eviscerated, 983 mm TL (180 m, 20 Dec. 2012; GenBank accession ON167716), between Gorgona and Capraia islands, Ligurian Sea, [43°19.8′ N, 9°56.1′ E]
  Comment: Böhlke (1984) regards Bonaparte's (1834) Spinax uyatus as a new name proposal. This was not accepted by White et al. (2022) who considered Bonaparte's 1834 work a re-description of Rafinesque's Squalus uyato and not a new name, and instead designated a neotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  White, W.T., Guallart, J., Ebert, D.A., Naylor, G.J.P., Veríssimo, A. & Cotton, C.F., Harris, M., Serena, F. & Iglésias 2022. Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3 - Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its complicated nomenclatural history. Zootaxa 5155(1): 001-051 [14, 18].

  Secondary source:

   Bonaparte, C.L.P. 1834. Iconografia della Fauna Italica, per le quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Pesci. Vol. 3 Fasc. 7. Roma : Salviucci 35-39 pls. [not seen]; Böhlke, E.B. 1984. Catalog of type specimens in the ichthyological collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publications 14: 1-246 [158].
• Centrophorus zeehaani White, W.T., Ebert, D.A. & Compagno, L.J.V. 2008. Description of two new species of gulper sharks, genus Centrophorus (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from Australia. pp. 1-21 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [12, figs 8-10].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.6628–05, south-west of Coffin Bay, SA [35°14'S 134°29'E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.44310–001; CSIRO H.6628–01-04; CSIRO H.6628–06-07; NMV A.29736–001.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• White, W.T., Guallart, J., Ebert, D.A., Naylor, G.J.P., Veríssimo, A. & Cotton, C.F., Harris, M., Serena, F. & Iglésias 2022. Revision of the genus Centrophorus (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae): Part 3 - Redescription of Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque) with a discussion of its complicated nomenclatural history. Zootaxa 5155(1): 001-051 [18]

 

Generic Combinations

• Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque, 1810). —
  Fowler, H.W. 1936. The marine fishes of West Africa based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909–1915. Part 1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 70(1): 1-605 figs 1-275 [72]
• Entoxychirus uyatus (Rafinesque, 1810). —
  Gill, T.N. 1863. On the classification of the families and genera of the Squali of California. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14 (for 1862): 483-501 [496] (changed combination as type species of the genus Entoxychirus)

 

Introduction

This species has a long and complex nomenclatural history as the result of sparse initial descriptions of the taxa involved, and multiple mis-identifications. The name Centrophorus granulosus has also been widely applied to this species but primarily outside Australia. See White et al. (2022) for a detailed explanation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Forster, NSW to off Shark Bay, WA, including TAS; tropical, temperate, scattered circumglobal excluding central-w Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs, benthic, continental slope.

Extra Ecological Information

210-700 m, mostly deeper than 400 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. [45]

Graham, K.J. & Daley, R.K. 2011. Distribution, reproduction and population structure of three gulper sharks (Centrophorus, Centrophoridae) in south-east Australian waters. Marine and Freshwater Research 62: 583–595 (as Centrophorus zeehaami)

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Families Dalatiidae and Centrophoridae. pp. 140-152 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [151]

Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs.

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [30]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [68-69] (as Centrophorus zeehaani)

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. [36] (as Centrophorus zeehaani)

Stevens, J.D. 1994. Families Echinorhinidae, Squalidae, Oxynotidae, Parascyllidae, Orectolobidae. pp. 91-118 figs 28-73 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [94]

White, W. 2008. Shark Families Heterodontidae to Pristiophoridae. pp. 32-100 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [87]

 

Common Name References

Fisheries Research and Development Corporation - Fish Names Committee 2019. AS 5300-2019: Australian Fish Names Standard. Deakin West, ACT : Fisheries Research and Development Corporation 5, pp. 184. [Database available online at https://www.frdc.com.au/knowledge-hub/standards/australian-fish-names-standard] (in reference to Centrophorus zeehaani) (Southern Dogfish)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [68] (Little Gulper Shark)

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

Stevens, J.D. 1994. Families Echinorhinidae, Squalidae, Oxynotidae, Parascyllidae, Orectolobidae. pp. 91-118 figs 28-73 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [94] (Southern Dogfish, Endeavour Dogfish)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	CENTROPHORIDAE	02-Mar-2023	ADDED