Species Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, 1928

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• Echinorhinus cookei Pietschmann, V. 1928. Neue Fischarten aus dem Pazifischen Ozean. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 65(27): 297-298 [297].

  Type data:

   Neotype NMNZ P.2774, Palliser Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand (original type locality off Hawaii).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Garrick, J.A.F. 1960. Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part X — The genus Echinorhinus with an account of a second species E. cookei Pietschmann, 1828, from New Zealand waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88(1): 105-117 figs 1-3 pl. 7 [110].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known from scattered localities including south of VIC and west of TAS to off Cape Northumberland, SA and off northeast QLD; tropical, temperate, Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Surface to 1100 m, usually below 70 m.

 

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. Sharks. [unnumbered pages]. In, Fischer, W. & Bianchi, G. (eds) FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Rome : FAO Vol. 5. [27]

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [71]

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. [1212]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [46]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [43]

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. [110]

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. [80]

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. Sharks. [unnumbered pages]. In, Fischer, W. & Bianchi, G. (eds) FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing Area 51). Rome : FAO Vol. 5. [27] (FAO) (Prickley Shark)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [46] (Cooks Bramble Shark)

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)