Species Cephaloscyllium albipinnum Last, Motomura & White, 2008

• Cephaloscyllium albipinnum Last, P.R., Motomura, H. & White, W.T. 2008. Cephaloscyllium albipinnum sp. nov., a new swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from southeastern Australia. pp. 147-158 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 [148, figs 1, 2, 3a].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.5314–11 ♂, east of Maria Island, TAS [42°38'S, 148°26'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO CA.58; CSIRO CA.4498-4500; CSIRO H.985–04; CSIRO H.1328–01-1328-02; CSIRO H.1329–01; CSIRO H.1331–01; CSIRO H.3579–01; CSIRO H.3704–03-H.3704–04; CSIRO H.3866–01; CSIRO H.5940–01; CSIRO H.6623–01; CSIRO T.1310; CSIRO T.1953; CSIRO T.1959.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cephaloscyllium sp. —
  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. [60]
• Cephaloscyllium sp. A. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [170]
  Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [219]
• Cephaloscyllium nascione Whitley, 1932. —
  Stevens, J.D. 1994. Families Carcharhinidae, Triakidae, Scyliorhinidae. pp. 120-138 figs 76-107 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. [136] (misidentification)

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Batemans Bay, NSW to southeast of Albany WA, including TAS; temperate

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

125-555 m

 

General References

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [219] (as Cephaloscyllium sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [170] (as Cephaloscyllium sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [209]

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. [59]

Stevens, J.D. 1994. Families Carcharhinidae, Triakidae, Scyliorhinidae. pp. 120-138 figs 76-107 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. [136] (as Cephaloscyllium nascione)

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. [60] (as Cephaloscyllium sp.)

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [209] (Whitefin Swellshark)

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. [60] (Whitefin Swell-shark)

 

History of changes

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