Species Aulohalaelurus labiosus (Waite, 1905)
Blackspotted Catshark, Black Spotted Cat Shark, Black-spotted Catshark
- Catulus labiosus Waite, E.R. 1905. Notes on fishes from Western Australia. No. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 6(2): 55-82 fig. 23 pls 8-17 [57, fig. 23].
Type data:
Neotype WAM P.13253–001 ♂ (holotype figured by Whitley, G.P. 1934. Studies in Ichthyology No. 8. Record of the Australian Museum 19(2): 153–163 figs 1–3 [fig. 1]), Fremantle, WA.Subsequent designation references:
Séret, B. 1990. Aulohalaelurus kanakorum sp.n., a new species of catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae, Atelomycterinae) from New Caledonia. Records of the Australian Museum 42(2): 127-136 [128].
Generic Combinations
- Aulohalaelurus labiosus (Waite, 1905). —
Whitley, G.P. 1939. Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. The Australian Zoologist 9(3): 227-262 figs 1-18 pls 20-22 [229] (changed combination and elevation of subgenus to genus)
Whitley, G.P. 1940. The Fishes of Australia. Part 1. The sharks, rays, devil-fish, and other primitive fishes of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Roy. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. 280 pp. 303 figs. [89]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] - Scyliorhinus labiosus (Waite, 1905). —
Regan, C.T. 1908. A synopsis of the sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 1(6): 453-465 [462] - Halaelurus labiosus (Waite, 1905). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [88]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Scyllium maculatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). —
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. [401] (misidentification, status of Squalus maculatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 uncertain)
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Recherche Archipelago to Houtman Abrolhos, WA, subtropical, temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [8] (as Scylliorhinus labiosus)
McKay, R.J. 1966. Studies on Western Australian sharks and rays of the families Scyliorhinidae, Urolophidae and Torpedinidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49(3): 65-82 figs 1-6 (as as Halaelurus labiosus)
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [6] (37, as Halaelurus labiosus)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (34)
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. [295] (Blackspotted Catshark)
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp. [10] (Black-spotted Catshark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Blackspotted Catshark)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [199] (as Halaelurus labiosus) (Black Spotted Cat Shark)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |