FB-62537 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62537 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Neosebastidae Neosebastes Neosebastes multisquamus Motomura, 2004 Australian weasel shark Sickelfin weasel shark Weasel shark Austraalia nirkhai Hemigaleus microstoma (non Bleeker, 1852) Hemigaleus sp. Not applicable Hemigaleus sp. A Not applicable 2006-01-30 2006-01-30 Compagno, L.J.V.0 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Part 2 - Carcharhiniformes. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(4/2):251-655. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 244) Sainsbury, K.J., P.J. Kailola and G.G. Leyland0 Continental shelf fishes of the northern and north-western Australia. An illustrated guide. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research; Clouston & Hall and Peter Pownall Fisheries Information Service, Canberra, Australia. 375 p. (Ref. 3131) Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens0 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871) Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley0 Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300) Cabanban, A.S.0 The dynamics of Leiognathidae in tropical demersal ichthyofaunal community. James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia. 262 p. Ph.D. dissertation. (Ref. 7328) Blaber, S.J.M., D.T. Brewer and A.N. Harris0 Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 45(3):375-396. (Ref. 9700) Salini, J.P., S.J. Blaber and D.T. Brewer0 Diets of sharks from estuaries and adjacent waters of the north-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):87-96. (Ref. 13356) Compagno, L.J.V.0 Hemigaleidae. Weasel sharks. p. 1305-1311. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO identification guide for fishery purposes. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific Vol. 2. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 13567) White, W.T., P.R. Last and L.J.V. Compagno0 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077:37-49. (Ref. 56150) Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen0 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35 Australia: ABRS & CSIRO Publishing, 2178 p. (Ref. 75154) eElurikkus0 eElurikkus koondab ühte portaali Eesti eluslooduse andmed. http://elurikkus.ut.ee/ (Ref. 105471) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) University of Western Australia0 Benthic BRUVS data 2019. Video BRUVS from Jessica Meeuwig. (Ref. 122752) Ferragut-Perello, F., S. Ramirez-Amaro, A.C. Tsikliras, N. Petit-Marty, D. Dimarchopoulou0 Exploitation and conservation status of the thornback ray (Raja clavata) in the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean). Fishes 8(2):117. (Ref. 132125) FB-GeneralDescr-62544 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-02-07 00:00:00 2006-02-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62544 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size A predominantly demersal species on continental and insular shelves from shallow, inshore bays down to 170 meters. Sexual maturity of males reached at about 60 cm TL; females between 60 - 65 cm TL; with young are born at about 30 cm TL (Ref. 56150). White, W.T., P.R. Last and L.J.V. Compagno 2005 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077:37-49. (Ref. 56150) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62544 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-02-10 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62544 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: Medium-sized shark with moderately long head; dorsal fins slightly raked back, moderately or not falcate, moderately low; height of first dorsal fin 2.6-3 in head length (HL); length of first dorsal fin 2.1-2.4 times its height; caudal-fin upper lobe moderately broad, not elongate; caudal-fin ventral lobe short, preventral margin 9.3-9.8% TL; pectoral fins broad, falcate, base length 2.1-2.4 in preventral caudal margin; claspers of adults moderately short, inner length 5.4-5.6% TL, 1.8-1.8 in pelvic midpoint to first dorsal-fin insertion; teeth in 28-30/46-52 rows; precaudal vertebral centra 65-70, total vertebral centra 112-121; second dorsal fin with a conspicuous dark tip; first dorsal fin with a pale posterior margin (Ref. 56150).Description: The two species differ in meristics, coloration, morphometrics: with Hemigaleus australiensis having a total vertebrae 137-164 (vs. 112-121); precaudal vertebrae 79-100 (vs.65-70); number of tooth rows in lower jaw 45-52 (vs. 37-43); dark-tipped second dorsal fin (vs. white-tipped); size at maturity females 60-65 cm TL (vs. 74-80 cm TL) and males 60 cm TL (vs. >79 cm TL); size at birth 26-28 cm TL (vs. 47-49 cm TL) (Ref. 56150). White, W.T., P.R. Last and L.J.V. Compagno 2005 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077:37-49. (Ref. 56150) FB-Distribution-62544 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-02-10 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62544 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: Australia and where records from Papua New Guinea need to be confirmed. White, W.T., P.R. Last and L.J.V. Compagno 2005 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077:37-49. (Ref. 56150) FB-TrophicStrategy-62544 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-02-13 00:00:00 2008-07-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public australiensis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Occurs on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Salini, J.P., S.J. Blaber and D.T. Brewer 1992 Diets of sharks from estuaries and adjacent waters of the north-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 43(1):87-96. (Ref. 13356) FB-Size-62544 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-02-07 00:00:00 2006-02-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62544 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 110 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 56150)) White, W.T., P.R. Last and L.J.V. Compagno 2005 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077:37-49. (Ref. 56150) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-62544 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2006-02-07 00:00:00 2006-02-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62544 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; marine; depth range 12 - 170 m (Ref. 56150) White, W.T., P.R. Last and L.J.V. Compagno 2005 Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters. Zootaxa 1077:37-49. (Ref. 56150)