Genus Galeus Rafinesque, 1810

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External Links

• Galeus Rafinesque, C.S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni Nouvi Generi e Nouve Specie di Animali e Piante della Sicilia con varie Osservazioni sopra i Medesimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. 105, pl. 1-20 [13].

  Type species:

   Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 by subsequent designation, see Fowler, H.W. 1908. Notes on sharks. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 60(1): 52-70 [53].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Indo-west Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cape Province (20), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Compagno, L.J.V. & Niem, V.H. 1998. Families Scyliorhinidae, Proscylliidae. pp. 1279-1292 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.

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.

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

 

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)