Fatspine Spurdog
Squalus crassispinus Last, Edmunds & Yearsley, 2007
Also calledFettdorn-Dornhai (deu) · Spinarolo spina grassa (ita)
First described in: Last, P.R.; Edmunds, M.; Yearsley, G.K. (2007). <i>Squalus crassispinus</i> sp. nov., a new spurdog of the 'megalops-cubensis' group' from the eastern Indian Ocean. p. 11-22. In P.R. Last, W.T. White and J.J. Pogonoski Descriptions of new dogfishes of the genus <i>Squalus (Squaloidea:Squalidae</i>). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 014. 130 p.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: First record of this species in PNG and deepest record for this species. Previously considered an Australian endemic, known from off the North West Shelf in Western Australia at depths of 187 – 262 m (Last & Stevens, 2009). These specimens represent the largest specimens known for this species; previously 580 mm TL. CO 1 sequences of the NTUM specimen confirm the identification of this species (Wei-Jen Chen, unpubl. data).
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
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PNG voucher material: (3 spec.) CAS 66115, female 655 mm TL, south of Pig Island, Madang, 5 ° 10.41 ’ S, 145 ° 50.46 ’ E, 300 m depth, 17 May 1987; NTUM 10301, female 671 mm TL, Bismarck Sea, 13 Dec. 2012; QM I 21399, adult male 483 mm TL, off Lae, Huon Gulf, Nov. 1984.
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5216344.