Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
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Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962. Bigeye sixgill shark<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in warm-temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indo-<br />
Pacific. FAO Areas 27, 31, 34(?), 37, 47, 51, 57, 61, 71. Shelf (occassional) and upper slope.<br />
90-621m.<br />
Order Squaliformes. Dogfish <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Family Echinorhinidae. Bramble <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Echinorhinus brucus (Bonnaterre, 1788). Bramble shark<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. FAO Areas 21, 27, 31, 34, 37, 41,<br />
47, 51, 57, 61, 71(?), 81. Shelf (occassional) and upper to mid slope. 18-900m.<br />
Echinorhinus cookei (Pietschmann, 1928). Prickly shark<br />
Patchy in the Eastern, Central and Western Pacific. FAO Areas 57, 61, 71, 77, 81, 87. Shelf<br />
and upper to mid slope and seamounts. 11-1100m.<br />
Family Squalidae. Dogfish <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Cirrhigaleus asper (Merrett, 1973). Roughskin spurdog<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in warm-temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic and Indo-<br />
Pacific. FAO Areas 31, 41, 47, 51, 57(?), 77. Shelf and upper slope. 73-600m.<br />
Cirrhigaleus barbifer Tanaka, 1912. Mandarin dogfish<br />
Patchy in the Western Pacific. FAO Areas 61, 71, 81. Outer shelf and upper slope. 146-640m.<br />
May represent a species complex.<br />
Squalus blainvillei? (Risso, 1826). Longnose spurdog<br />
Nominally from the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, but not well defined due to<br />
confusion with other species and taxonomic issues. FAO Areas 27, 34, 37, 47, 51(?), 61(?),<br />
81(?). Shelf and upper slope. 16->440m. Considerable taxonomic issues (records from<br />
elsewhere in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific based in part on S. mitsukurii or close<br />
relatives).<br />
Squalus brevirostris Tanaka, 1917. Japanese shortnose spurdog<br />
Northwest Pacific: Japan and Taiwan. FAO Area 61. Habitat information not available.<br />
Tentatively placed on checklist as distinct from Squalus megalops.<br />
Squalus cubensis Howell-Rivero, 1936. Cuban dogfish<br />
Warm-temperate waters of the Western Atlantic. FAO Areas 31, 41. Shelf and upper slope.<br />
60-380m.<br />
Squalus japonicus Ishikawa, 1908. Japanese spurdog<br />
Northwest and Western Central Pacific: East Asia. FAO Areas 61, 71. Outer shelf and upper<br />
slope. 120-340m.<br />
Squalus lalannei Baranes, 2003. Seychelles spurdog<br />
Western Indian: Seychelles. FAO Area 51. Mid slope. 1000m.<br />
Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1881). Shortnose spurdog<br />
Widespread in temperate and warm-temperate waters of the Indo-West Pacific and Eastern<br />
Atlantic. FAO Areas 27, 34, 37, 47, 51, 57, 61, 71, 81. Shelf and upper slope. 0-732m. May<br />
represent a species complex.<br />
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