Species Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915)
Australian Sharpnose Shark, Taylors Shark
- Physodon taylori Ogilby, J.D. 1915. On some new or little-known Australian fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 117-129 figs 29-30 [117].
Type data:
Holotype QM I.738 (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. [111, fig. 112] illustrated a specimen (QM I.4539), incorrectly believing it to be the holotype; the true holotype was not located by Springer, V.G. 1964. A revision of the carcharhinid genera Scoliodon, Loxodon and Rhizoprionodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115(3493): 559–632 figs 1–14 pls 1–2), Townsville, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Protozygaena taylori (Ogilby, 1915). —
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. [110] (changed combination as type of genus Protozygaena) - Rhizoprionodon taylori (Ogilby, 1915). —
Springer, V.G. 1964. A revision of the carcharhinid genera Scoliodon, Loxodon and Rhizoprionodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 115(3493): 559-632 figs 1-14 pls 1-2
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Protozygaena longmani (Ogilby, 1912) [misidentification]. —
Whitley, G.P. 1943. Ichthyological descriptions and notes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68(3, 4): 114-144 figs 1-12 [125] (regarded Physodon taylori as a junior synonym based on specimen incorrectly believed to be holotype of taylori)
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] [8] (in part)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Carnarvon, WA to Moreton Bay, QLD; tropical, New Guinea.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
- Johnson, J.W. 2010. Fishes of the Moreton Bay Marine Park and adjacent continental shelf waters, Queensland, Australia. pp. 299-353 in Davie, P.J.F. & Phillips, J.A. Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Fauna and Flora of Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3) [306]
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, inshore, marine, pelagic.
Extra Ecological Information
To 100 m.
General References
Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Family Carcharhinidae. pp. 1312-1360 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. [1356]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [13] (as Physodon taylori)
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] [8] (50, as Protozygaena longmani, in part)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (70 as Protozygaena longmani, in part)
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. [531] (Australian Sharpnose Shark)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [267] (Taylors Shark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Australian Sharpnose Shark)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Aug-2012 | 16-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED |