Species Squalus montalbani Whitley, 1931

• Squalus montalbani Whitley, G.P. 1931. New names for Australian fishes. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 310-334 1 fig. pls 25-27 [310] [nom. nov. for Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912].
• Squalus philippinus Smith, H.M. & Radcliffe, L. in Smith, H.M. 1912. The squaloid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 41(1877): 677-685 figs 1-4 pls 50-54 [677, pl. 51(1)] [junior homonym of Squalus philippinus Shaw, 1804].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 70256, off Sombrero Island, west coast of Luzon Island, Philippines [13°45'15"N, 120°46'30"E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

West of Rottnest Island (32°02'S) to Timor Sea (124°58'E), WA and east of Flinders Reef, QLD(17°38'S) to east of Terrigal, NSW (33°28'S); tropical, west Pacific.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Province (12), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

295-670 m

 

General References

Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Motomura, H. 2007. Part 6 — Description of Squalus chloroculus sp. nov., a new spurdog from southern Australia, and the resurrection of S. montalbani Whitley. pp. 55-69 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 [58]

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [77] (as Squalus mitsukurii, in part)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [56]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [56] (Philippine Spurdog)

 

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)