Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
Kyne & Simpfendorfer.. - Shark Specialist Group
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Family Dasyatidae. Whiptail Stingrays.<br />
Dasyatis brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875). Shorttail or smooth stingray<br />
Patchy in the Indo-West Pacific (New Zealand, Australia and southern Africa). FAO Areas<br />
47, 57, 71, 81. Inshore and shelf in Australia and New Zealand, outermost shelf and upper<br />
slope off South Africa. Intertidal-160m (NZ, Australia), 180-480m (southern Africa).<br />
Superorder Galeomorphii. Galeomorph <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Order Heterodontiformes. Bullhead <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Family Heterodontidae. Bullhead <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Heterodontus ramalheira (Smith, 1949). Whitespotted bullhead shark<br />
Western Indian: East Africa and Arabian Sea. FAO Area 51. Outer shelf and uppermost slope.<br />
40-275m (mostly >100m).<br />
Order Orectolobiformes. Carpetsharks.<br />
Family Parascylliidae. Collared Carpetsharks.<br />
Cirrhoscyllium japonicum Kamohara, 1943. Saddled carpetshark<br />
Northwest Pacific: Japan. FAO Area 61. Uppermost slope. 250-290m.<br />
Parascyllium sparsimaculatum Goto & Last, 2002. Ginger carpetshark<br />
Eastern Indian: Australia. FAO Area 57. Upper slope. 245-435m.<br />
Order Lamniformes. Mackerel <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Family Odontaspididae. Sand Tiger <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Odontaspis ferox (Risso, 1810). Smalltooth sand tiger or bumpytail raggedtooth<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in the Atlantic, including the Mediterranean, and the Indo-Pacific.<br />
Possibly circumglobal in warm-temperate and tropical waters. FAO Areas 27, 31, 34, 37, 51,<br />
57, 61, 77, 81. Shelf and upper slope. 13-850m.<br />
Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955). Bigeye sand tiger<br />
Scattered records in the Central and Southwest Atlantic and the Central Pacific. Possibly<br />
circumglobal in deep tropical seas. FAO Areas 31, 34, 41, 71, 77. Upper to mid slope as well<br />
as mesopelagic. 600-1000m.<br />
Family Pseudocarchariidae. Crocodile <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936). Crocodile shark<br />
Cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate waters. FAO Areas 31, 34, 41, 47, 51, 57, 61,<br />
71, 77, 81, 87. Epipelagic and mesopelagic. 0-590m.<br />
Family Mitsukurinidae. Goblin <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Goblin shark<br />
Wide-ranging but patchy in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific. FAO Areas 27, 31, 34, 47, 51,<br />
57, 61, 77, 81. Shelf, upper to mid slope and seamounts. 0-1300m (mainly 270-960m).<br />
Family Alopiidae. Thresher <strong>Shark</strong>s.<br />
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