Species Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939

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External Links

• Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, G.P. 1939. Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. The Australian Zoologist 9(3): 227-262 figs 1-18 pls 20-22 [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (based on Somniosus sp. drawing in Waite, E.R. 1916. Fishes. Scientific Reports. Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914 C 3(1): 1–92 figs 1–16 pls 1–5 [51, fig. 10]), Macquarie Island.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 [misidentification]. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [89]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Seamounts south of TAS; temperate, southern circumglobal.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

300-1440 m

 

General 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. [105] (as Somniosus pacificus, in part)

Compagno, L.J.V., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 2005. A Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. London : Collins 368 pp. [117]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [89] (as Somniosus pacificus)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [95]

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. [152, fig. 170] (Macquarie Island, figure of holotype)

Yano, K., Stevens, J.D. & Compagno, L.V.J. 2004. A review of the systematics of the sleeper shark genus Somniosus with redescriptions of Somniosus (Somniosus) antarcticus and Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) longus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae). Ichthyological Research 51: 360-373

 

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. [105] (Pacific Sleeper Shark)

Daley, R.K., Stevens, J.D., Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K. 2002. Field Guide to Australian Sharks & Rays. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 84 pp. [74] (Sleeper Shark)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [95] (Southern Sleeper Shark)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Pacific Sleeper Shark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)