Shortnose spurdog

distribution

The species S. megalops is regarded as being present to the south of mainland Portugal, based on its geographical distribution (Ebert & Stehmann 2013).

Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf

materials_examined

(17 specimens) AMS I 16255 - 001 (holotype of Squalus megalops), adult female, 550 mm TL, Port Jackson, Australia, New South Wales; AMS I 45658 - 001, 2 adult females, 625 mm TL each, Australia, New South Wales; AMS I 46033 - 001, adult male, 475 mm TL, Australia, New South Wales, Barcoo Seamount; CSIRO C 3931, adult female, 490 mm TL, Australia, New South Wales, off Laurieton; CSIRO H 624 - 0 2, adult male, 415 mm TL, Australia, Tasmania; CSIRO H 1264 - 15, adult female, 547 mm TL, CSIRO H 1264 - 16, adult female, 515 mm TL, CSIRO H 1264 - 17, adult female, 526 mm TL, Australia, Tasmania, north of Maria Island; CSIRO H 2688 - 03, juvenile male, 399 mm TL, CSIRO H 2688 - 04, juvenile female, 371 mm TL, CSIRO H 2688 - 05, juvenile male, 310 mm TL, Australia, New South Wales, east of Coffs Harbour; CSIRO H 2967 - 08, juvenile male, 365 mm TL, Australia, New South Wales; CSIRO H 3762 - 01, adult female, 500 mm TL, Australia, Victoria, Bass Strait; CSIRO H 6449 - 0 1, neonate male, 241 mm TL, Australia, Tasmania, off Trial Habour; CSIRO H 6482 - 02, adult male, 426 mm TL, Australia, Tasmania, Storm Bay; CSIRO H 7053 - 01, neonate female, 220 mm TL, Australia, New South Wales.

Redescription of Squalus acutipinnis Regan, 1908, a Valid Species of Spiny Dogfish from Southern Africa (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Squalidae)