Genus Hemiscyllium Müller & Henle, 1838

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• Hemiscyllium Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. 1838. On the generic characters of cartilaginous fishes, with descriptions of new genera. Magazine of Natural History ns 2(7): 33-37, 88-91 [dated 1837] [34] [published January 1838; name also in Müller, J. & Henle, F.G.J. in Smith, A. 1838. On the necessity for a revision of the groups included in the Linnaean genus Squalus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837(5): 85–86, published February, 1838].

  Type species:

   Squalus ocellatus Bonnaterre, 1788 by monotypy.

 

Introduction

Allen & Erdmann (2008) presented a key to species.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HEMISCYLLIIDAE: Hemiscyllium freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [Although listed as present in Australia in older literature, this species is currently only recorded from Indonesia] — McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [5]; Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (14); Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [48]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2008. Two new species of bamboo sharks (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscylliidae) from Western New Guinea. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology 13(3-4): 93-108

Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249.

Compagno, L.J.V. 2001. Sharks of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). Rome : FAO, FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes No. 1 Vol. 2 269 pp.

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Families Squatinidae, Heterodontidae, Parascylliidae, Brachaeluridae, Orectolobidae, Hemiscylliidae. pp. 1235-1259 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.

Dingerkus, G. & De Fino, T.C. 1983. A revision of the orectolobiform shark family Hemiscyllidae (Chondrichthys, Selachii). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 176(1): 1-93 figs 1-93

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	ELASMOBRANCHII	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2014	HEMISCYLLIIDAE	12-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Doug Hoese
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)