Species Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906)
Plunket's Dogfish, Largespine Velvet Dogfish (common name of S. macracanthus), Lord Plunket's Shark, Lord Plunkets Shark, Plunket Shark, Plunket's Shark, Plunkets Dogfish, Plunkets Shark, Waite's Deepsea Dogfish, Waites Deepsea Dogfish
- Centroscymnus macracanthus Regan, C.T. 1906. Descriptions of some new sharks in the British Museum collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 18(65): 435-440 [436].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1884.2.6.7, Strait of Magellan, Chile. - Centrophorus plunketi Waite, E.R. 1910. Notes on New Zealand fishes. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 42: 384-391 figs 37-38 [dated 1909] [384, 3 figs, pl. 37].
Type data:
Holotype CMNZ (missing), off Kaikoura, NZ. - Centrophorus waitei Thompson, E.F. 1930. New records of the genera Centrophorus and Hoplichthys in New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 3(4): 275-279 figs 42-44 [277, pl. 44].
Type data:
Holotype CMNZ 179, off Kaikoura, NZ.Type locality references:
Garrick, J.A.F. 1959. Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part IX — Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910). An abundant deep-water shark of New Zealand waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87(3,4): 271-282 figs 1-3.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Garrick, J.A.F. 1959. Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part IX — Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910). An abundant deep-water shark of New Zealand waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87(3,4): 271-282 figs 1-3 [276]
- Vaz, D.F.B. 2021. Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910): a junior synonym of Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) (Somniosidae: Elasmobranchii). Journal of Fish Biology 99(2): 472-494 [Date published 15 Sep] [3]
Generic Combinations
- Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1910). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [210] - Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910). —
Whitley, G.P. 1934. Notes on some Australian sharks. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(4): 180-200 figs 1-4 pls 27-29 [199]
Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [114]
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [91] - Scymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910). —
Garman, S. 1913. The Plagiostomia (sharks, skates and rays). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 36: 1-528 pls 1-77 [210] - Proscymnodon waitei (Thompson, 1930). —
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. [143] (regarded Australian material as P. waitei and distinct from P. plunketi from New Zealand)
Introduction
Previously treated as Proscymnodon plunketi (Waite, 1910) but that species shown to be a synonym of Scymnodon macracanthus (Regan, 1906) by Vaz (2021)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Port Macquarie, NSW to off Portland VIC; temperate and near Perth, WA, south Pacific (New Zealand, Norfolk Ridge, south-west Indian Ocean); most Australian records are misidentifications of other species (Zambeus squamosus and Centroscymnus owstonii).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Central Western Province (6), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
240-1550 m
General References
Bass, A.J. 1979. Records of little-known sharks from Australian waters. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 103(4): 247-254 figs 1-5 [1978] (as Centroscymnus plunketi)
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. [60] (as Centroscymnus plunketi)
Fowler, H.W. 1941. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli and Ostariophysi obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(13): 1-879 figs 1-30 [234] (as Centrophorus waitei from New Zealand)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [66] (as Centroscymnus plunketi)
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] [12] (81, as Centroscymnus waitei and 82, as Scymnodon plunketi)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [121] (as Scymnodon plunketi)
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. [98] (as Centroscymnus plunketi)
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. [93] (as Centroscymnus plunketi)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (99, as Centrophorus plunketi)
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. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125. Rome : FAO Vol. 4(1) pp. 1-249. [60] (FAO) (Largespine Velvet Dogfish, Plunket Shark)
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [98] (Lord Plunket's Shark, Plunkets Shark)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [138] (Plunket's Shark)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [66] (Lord Plunkets Shark, Plunkets Dogfish, Waites Deepsea Dogfish)
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] [12] (Waite's Deepsea Dogfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Plunket's Dogfish)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | ELASMOBRANCHII | 18-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |