New Species of 2008!

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SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium cooki

New swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium pictum

New swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium signourum

New swellshark (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article


below is a freshly caught Cephaloscyllium cf. signourum

 

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SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium speccum

New swellshark (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from the Indo–Australian region.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article


Top: adult
Bottom: juvenile

 

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SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium albipinnum

Cephaloscyllium albipinnum sp. nov., a new swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from southeastern Australia.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article


Top: adult
Below: juvenile

 

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SADDLED SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium variegatum
Cephaloscyllium zebrum

Two new saddled swellsharks (Cephaloscyllium: Scyliorhinidae) from eastern Australia.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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SWELLSHARK:
Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum

Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum sp. nov., a new swellshark (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from northwestern Australia.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article


Bottom: Egg case with late-term embryo

 

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SAWTAIL SHARK:
Figaro striatus

Resurrection of the genus Figaro Whitley (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) with the description of a new species from northeastern Australia.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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GUMMY SHARKS:
Mustelus stevensi
Mustelus walkeri

Description of two new species of gummy sharks, genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from Australian waters.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article

 

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RIVER SHARK:
Glyphis garricki

Glyphis garricki sp. nov., a new species of river shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a redescription of Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839).

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/e-print/open/cmar_rp022.pdf - full article