Species Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, 1967

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemiscyllium hallstromi Whitley, G.P. 1967. Sharks of the Australasian region. The Australian Zoologist 14(2): 173-188 fig. 1 pl. 4 [178].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM I.15717-001, Near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  Paralectotype(s) AM I.15584-001, Near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
  Comment: Although Whitley designated a holotype and paratype, they were two of three specimens alive in an aquarium when the species was described. Upon their death it was not possible to determine which were the type specimens so Dingerkus & De Fino (1983) designated a lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [40].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Mer (Murray) Island, Torres Strait (9°56'S, 144°04'E), QLD, based on recently reidentified specimens in the Australian Museum; tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cape Province (20), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. [49]

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. [197]

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. [1258]

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. [7]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp. (Papuan Epaulette Shark)

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. [194] (Brownbanded Bambooshark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	HEMISCYLLIIDAE	21-Feb-2014	ADDED	Dr Doug Hoese