Eastern Spotted Gummy Shark, Mustelus walkeri White & Last 2008
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Eastern Spotted Gummy Shark, Mustelus walkeri White & Last 2008
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Distribution |
Off Hinchinbrook Island to Moreton Bay, Queensland, with unconfirmed records from off Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. |
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Biology |
An aplacental viviparous specieswith limited histotrophy and an apparent continuous reproductive cycle that may be annual. Males mature at 67–80.5 cm TL and 7–10 years of age, and females at 83.3–101.2 cm TL and 10–14 years. Females produce 5–7 pups, born at 27.3–29.5 cm (TL). |
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Etymology |
The species is named for Terry Walker (Department of Primary Industries, Victoria). |
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Species Citation |
Mustelus walkeri White & Last 2008, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 194, figs 3, 4, 5b. Type locality: north-east of Hinchinbrook Island, QLD [17°57'S, 147°02'E]. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
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Eastern Spotted Gummy Shark, Mustelus walkeri White & Last 2008
References
Kyne, P.M. & Rigby, C.L. 2016. Mustelus walkeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T195426A68634512. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T195426A68634512.en. Downloaded on 07 March 2018.
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (in part as Mustelus sp. nov. B)
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp.
White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2008. Description of two new species of Gummy sharks, genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from Australian waters. pp. 189–202. In: Last P.R., White W.T. & Pogonoski J.J (eds), Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 022.
Rigby, C. L., White, W. T., Smart, J. J. and Simpfendorfer, C. A. (2016) Life histories of two deep-water Australian endemic elasmobranchs: Argus skate Dipturus polyommata and eastern spotted gummy shark Mustelus walkeri. Journal of Fish Biology doi:10.1111/jfb.12891 Abstract
