Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens 1994 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6871&speccode=5891
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Distribution
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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens 1994 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6871&speccode=5891
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Range Description
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Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145244
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Physical Description
Morphology
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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens 1994 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6871&speccode=5891
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Size
Max. size
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Cox, G. and M. Francis 1997 Sharks and rays of New Zealand. Canterbury Univ. Press, Univ. of Canterbury. 68 p. (Ref. 26346)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=26346&speccode=2535
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Diagnostic Description
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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens 1994 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6871&speccode=5891
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens 1994 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6871&speccode=5891
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Marine
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 3 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 200 - 1539.5
Temperature range (°C): 2.468 - 6.911
Nitrate (umol/L): 18.632 - 33.855
Salinity (PPS): 34.325 - 34.684
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.241 - 6.125
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.384 - 2.290
Silicate (umol/l): 6.953 - 71.658
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 200 - 1539.5
Temperature range (°C): 2.468 - 6.911
Nitrate (umol/L): 18.632 - 33.855
Salinity (PPS): 34.325 - 34.684
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.241 - 6.125
Phosphate (umol/l): 1.384 - 2.290
Silicate (umol/l): 6.953 - 71.658
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From 150 to 510 meters.
Habitat: bathypelagic. Oceanic. A rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers. Probably ovoviviparous.
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Migration
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=51243&speccode=4683
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Trophic Strategy
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Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen 2006 Fishes. In Beasley, O.L. and A. Wells (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. ABRS & CSIRO Publishing: Australia Part 1, pp. xxiv 1-670; Part 2, pp. xxi 671-1472; Part 3, pp. xxi 1473-2178. (Ref. 75154)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=75154&speccode=5803
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
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Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens 1994 Sharks and rays of Australia. CSIRO, Australia. 513 p. (Ref. 6871)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=6871&speccode=5891
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Scymnodalatias albicauda
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Version
Year Assessed
Assessor/s
Reviewer/s
Contributor/s
Justification
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Trends
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Management
Conservation Actions
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Wikipedia
Whitetail dogfish
The whitetail dogfish, Scymnodalatias albicauda, is a very rare sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found from the eastern Indian Ocean round southern Australia to New Zealand, at depths of between 150 and 500 m. Its length is up to 1.1 m.
The whitetail dogfish is a rare species known only from a few specimens taken by tuna longliners and trawlers. The dorsal fins are small, the pectoral fins are angular, and there is an asymmetric caudal fin with a dark-tipped upper lobe.
Coloration is grey and white, mottled with large brown or black spots, the tail mostly white with black tips.
The whitetail dogfish is ovoviviparous, with at least 59 pups per litter.
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). "Scymnodalatias albicauda" in FishBase. February 2011 version.
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