Species Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758
Whitespotted Dogfish, Piked Dogfish, Spiny Dogfish, Spotted Spiny Dogfish, Spurdog, Victorian Spotted Dogfish, White Spotted Dogfish, White-spotted Dogfish, White-spotted Spurdog, Whitespotted Spurdog
- Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [233].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZIUU No 159, European Ocean; ZIUU No 160, European Ocean; NHRM LP 85, European Ocean. - Squalus fernandinus Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chile. Libro 4. Bologna : S. Tommaso d'Aquino 367 pp. [229] (page number here from second edition in 1810, original not seen).
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Chile. - Acanthias lebruni Vaillant, L.L. 1888. Poissons. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883 6 Zoologie(1c): 1-35 [13, pl. 1 (figs 2-2b)].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 1883-0201 or 0202 (2 specimens of same size and it has not been determined which is the holotype and which the paratype), Orange Bay; Punta Arenas, Tierra del Fuego. - Squalus kirki Phillipps, W.J. 1931. New species of piked dogfish. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 12(6): 360-361 [361] [after Squalus fernandinus [non Molina] in Phillipps, W.J. 1928. Sharks of New Zealand: No. 2. New Zealand Journal of Science & Technology 10(4): 221–226 figs 1–8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Wellington, NZ. - Squalus whitleyi Phillipps, W.J. 1931. New species of piked dogfish. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 12(6): 360-361 [361] [after Squalus acanthias McCoy, F. 1883. Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria. Decade 8. Melbourne : George Robertson Vol. 1 pp. 71–106 pls 71–80].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Hobson's Bay, VIC. - Squalus tasmaniensis Rivero, L.H. 1936. A new shark from Tasmania. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 267-268 fig. 10 [267, pl. 10].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 146-S, Hobart, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Garrick, J.A.F. 1960. Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part XII — The species of Squalus from New Zealand and Australia; and a general account and key to the New Zealand Squaloidea. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88(3): 519-557 figs 1-6 [529]
- Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [98]
- White, W.T., Yearsley, G.K. & Last, P.R. 2007. Part 11- Clarification of the status of Squalus tasmaniensis and a diagnosis of Squalus acanthias from Australia, including a key to the Indo–Australasian species of Squalus. pp. 109-115 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new dogfishes of the genus Squalus (Squaloidea: Squalidae). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 14: 1-130 [109]
Generic Combinations
- Koinga lebruni (Vaillant, 1888). —
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern TAS and VIC to Great Australian Bight, WA; temperate, discontinuous (antitropical, North and South Atlantic, North Pacific, South America and New Zealand).
IMCRA
Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, estuary, inshore, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Shallow coastal bays to 640 m, usually less than 30 m in Australia.
General References
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [18] (as Squalus fernandinus)
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] (85, as Squalus fernandinus; in part and 86, as S. kirkii)
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. [105]
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. [82]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [33] (93 as Koinga lebruni, 94 as Koinga whitleyi)
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. [111] (FAO) (Piked Dogfish)
Haling, G., Kennedy, T., Last, P. & Palmer, R. 1988. Recommended Marketing Names for Fish. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 238 pp. [43] (Australian Marketing Name) (White Spotted Dogfish)
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. & Talbot, F.H. 1983. Fishes of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority 563 pp. figs. [139] (Spurdog)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [98] (Victorian Spotted Dogfish)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Whitespotted Dogfish)
Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Ward, R.D. (eds) 1999. Australian Seafood Handbook. Hobart : CSIRO Marine Research 460 pp. [39] (Spiny Dogfish, Spotted Spiny Dogfish, White-spotted Dogfish, White-spotted Spurdog)
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) |