Species Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898
Goblin Shark, Elphin Shark
- Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, D.S. 1898. Description of a species of fish (Mitsukurina owstoni) from Japan, the type of a distinct family of lamnoid sharks. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 3 1(6): 199-202 pls 11-12 [200, pls 11-12].
Type data:
Holotype FUMT (lost), Misaki, Sagami, Japan.
Generic Combinations
- Scapanorhynchus owstoni (Jordan, 1898). —
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] [3] (generic combination cited)
Stead, D.G. 1963. Sharks and Rays of Australian Seas. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 211 pp. 63 figs. [61] (early records from Australia; generic combination cited)
Glover, C.J.M. 1976. The goblin shark Scapanorhynchus owstoni (Jordan, 1898): confirmation of the first Australian record. South Australian Naturalist 50(4): 69-72 1 fig.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Off Sydney, NSW (33ºS) to off Goolwa, SA (138º47´E), Bass Strait and TAS; temperate, discontinuous (French Guiana, France, Portugal, South Africa, Japan).
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
95-1300 m, rarely near surface
General References
Glover, C.J.M. 1976. The goblin shark Scapanorhynchus owstoni (Jordan, 1898): confirmation of the first Australian record. South Australian Naturalist 50(4): 69-72 1 fig.
Glover, C.J.M. 1994. Families Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Mitsukurinidae. pp. 144-146 figs 116-121 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. [146]
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [16]
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] [3] (10)
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. [36]
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. [136] (questioned occurrence in Australia)
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (91)
Common Name References
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. [146] (Elphin Shark)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Goblin 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) |