Species Cephaloscyllium signourum Last, Séret & White, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cephaloscyllium signourum Last, P.R., Séret, B. & White, W.T. 2008. New swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region. pp. 129-148 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 [137, figs 5-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM I.25956 ♀, Lihou Reefs, QLD [17°20'S, 152°00'E].
  Paratype(s) QM I.20641.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cephaloscyllium sp. E. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [171] (in part, eastern Australia only)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Off Murray Isles and Linou Reef, QLD, subtropical, south-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Kenn Transition (16), Cape Province (20)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

480-700 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. [221] (as Cephaloscyllium sp. E, in part, eastern Australia only)

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Families Scyliorhinidae, Proscylliidae. pp. 1279-1292 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. [1282, 1285] (as Cephaloscyllium sp. E, in part)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [171] (as Cephaloscyllium sp. E, in part)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [213]

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [213] (Speckled Swellshark)

Last, P.R., Séret, B. & White, W.T. 2008. New swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region. pp. 129-148 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 [140] (Flagtail Swellshark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		21-Jun-2011	ADDED