Species Pseudotriakis microdon Capello, 1868

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External Links

• Pseudotriakis microdon Capello, F. de B. 1868. Descripção de dois peixes novos provenientes dos mares de Portugal. Journal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa 1(4): 314-317 [316, pl. 5(1)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (type lost in fire), Setubal, Portugal.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pseudotriacis microdon Capello, 1868. —
  Günther, A. 1870. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, [thru] Leptocardii, in the British Museum. London : British Museum Vol. 8 549 pp. [395] (unjustified emmendation of generic name)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Cape Leeuwin, WA (35º00´S 114º45´E) and off Calder Reef, Coral Sea (20º51'S 153º13'E); circumglobal (except central Indian Ocean and central Atlantic); tropical, temperate.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Kenn Transition (16), Southwest Transition (7)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

100–1500 m.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. & Cowan, M.A. 1995. First record of the false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon, from Australian seas. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 235-236 fig. 1 [235]

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [378]

Compagno, L.J.V. 1998. Family Pseudotriakidae. 1296 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. [1296]

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [259]

Kyne, P.M., Johnson, J.W., White, W.T. & Bennett, M.B. 2005. First records of the false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon Capello, 1868, from the waters of eastern Australia and Indonesia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 51(2): 525-530 [526]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [222]

Tanuichi, T., Kobayashi, H. & Otake, T. 1984. Occurrence and reproductive mode of the false catshark. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 31(1): 88-92 [88]

 

Common Name References

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(2) 251-655 pp. [378] (False Catshark)

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

 

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)