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    This document lists 80 new species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras that have been described from Australian waters since 2007 by the CSIRO's Biogeography and Taxonomy team in collaboration with international experts. This represents over a quarter of Australia's shark and ray fauna and about 7% of the global total. The team, based in Hobart, consists of Peter Last, Daniel Gledhill, William White, John Pogonoski, Alastair Graham, and Louise Conboy.

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    This document lists 80 new species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras that have been described from Australian waters since 2007 by the CSIRO's Biogeography and Taxonomy team in collaboration with international experts. This represents over a quarter of Australia's shark and ray fauna and about 7% of the global total. The team, based in Hobart, consists of Peter Last, Daniel Gledhill, William White, John Pogonoski, Alastair Graham, and Louise Conboy.

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    New Australian Sharks Rays

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    This document lists 80 new species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras that have been described from Australian waters since 2007 by the CSIRO's Biogeography and Taxonomy team in collaboration with international experts. This represents over a quarter of Australia's shark and ray fauna and about 7% of the global total. The team, based in Hobart, consists of Peter Last, Daniel Gledhill, William White, John Pogonoski, Alastair Graham, and Louise Conboy.

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    New Australian

    sharks

    Southern Dogfish

    Tropical Sawshark

    Centrophorus zeehaani

    Pristiophorus delicatus

    rays

    Mandarin Shark

    Eastern Highfin Spurdog

    Western Highfin Spurdog

    Greeneye Spurdog

    Fatspine Spurdog

    Cirrhigaleus australis

    Squalus albifrons

    Squalus altipinnis

    Squalus chloroculus

    Squalus crassispinus

    Edmunds Spurdog

    Eastern Longnose Spurdog

    Western Longnose Spurdog

    Bartail Spurdog

    Western Gulper Shark

    Squalus edmundsi

    Squalus grahami

    Squalus nasutus

    Squalus notocaudatus

    Centrophorus westraliensis

    Eastern Angel Shark

    Western Angel Shark

    Elongate Carpetshark

    Floral Banded Wobbegong

    Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong

    Network Wobbegong

    Roughskin Catshark

    Pinocchio Catshark

    Squatina albipunctata

    Squatina pseudocellata

    Parascyllium elongatum

    Orectolobus floridus

    Orectolobus parvimaculatus

    Orectolobus reticulatus

    Apristurus ambliceps

    Apristurus australis

    Bighead Catshark

    Dusky Catshark

    Whitefin Swellshark

    Cooks Swellshark

    Reticulate Swellshark

    Flagtail Swellshark

    Speckled Swellshark

    Saddled Swellshark

    Narrowbar Swellshark

    Northern Sawtail Shark

    Apristurus bucephalus

    Bythaelurus incanus

    Cephaloscyllium albipinnum

    Cephaloscyllium cooki

    Cephaloscyllium hiscosellum

    Cephaloscyllium signourum

    Cephaloscyllium speccum

    Cephaloscyllium variegatum

    Cephaloscyllium zebrum

    Figaro striatus

    Speckled Catshark

    Short-tail Catshark

    Western Spotted Gummy Shark

    Eastern Spotted Gummy Shark

    Northern River Shark

    Eyebrow Wedgefish

    Eastern Numbfish

    Ornate Numbfish

    Western Round Skate

    Blue Skate

    Halaelurus sellus

    Parmaturus bigus

    Mustelus stevensi

    Mustelus walkeri

    Glyphis garricki

    Rhynchobatus palpebratus

    Narcine nelsoni

    Narcine ornata

    Irolita westraliensis

    Notoraja azurea

    Blotched Skate

    Sandy Skate

    Mosaic Skate

    False Peacock Skate

    Dusky Skate

    Pygmy Thornback Skate

    Deepwater Skate

    Pale Tropical Skate

    Grey Skate

    Longnose Skate

    Notoraja sticta

    Pavoraja arenaria

    Pavoraja mosaica

    Pavoraja pseudonitida

    Pavoraja umbrosa

    Dentiraja flindersi

    Dipturus acrobelus

    Dipturus apricus

    Dipturus canutus

    Dipturus confusus

    Endeavour Skate

    False Argus Skate

    Grahams Skate

    Healds Skate

    Blacktip Skate

    Ocellate Skate

    Queensland Deepwater Skate

    Wengs Skate

    Sawback Skate

    Arafura Skate

    Dipturus endeavouri

    Dipturus falloargus

    Dipturus grahami

    Dipturus healdi

    Dipturus melanospilus

    Dipturus oculus

    Dipturus queenslandicus

    Dipturus wengi

    Leucoraja pristispina

    Okamejei arafurensis

    Thintail Skate

    Challenger Skate

    Maugean Skate

    Western Leg Skate

    Indigo Leg Skate

    Eastern Leg Skate

    Yellow Shovelnose Stingaree

    Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree

    Dwarf Black Stingray

    Blackspotted Whipray

    Okamejei leptoura

    Rajella challengeri

    Zearaja maugeana

    Sinobatis bulbicauda

    Sinobatis caerulea

    Sinobatis filicauda

    Trygonoptera galba

    Trygonoptera imitata

    Dasyatis parvonigra

    Himantura astra

    Freshwater Whipray

    Leopard Whipray

    Speckled Maskray

    Ningaloo Maskray

    Whitefin Chimaera

    Southern Chimaera

    Longspine Chimaera

    Shortspine Chimaera

    Black Ghostshark

    Marbled Ghostshark

    Himantura dalyensis

    Himantura leoparda

    Neotrygon picta

    Neotrygon n. sp. (in press)

    Chimaera argiloba

    Chimaera fulva

    Chimaera macrospina

    Chimaera obscura

    Hydrolagus homonycteris

    Hydrolagus marmoratus

    Since 2007, the CSIROs Biogeography and Taxonomy team has described 80 new species of sharks,

    by Peter Last and John Stevens. The collage of the 80 new species above highlights the very high

    rays and chimaeras from Australian waters, in collaboration with numerous international experts.

    diversity of sharks, rays and chimaeras found within the Australian region. The Biogeography and

    This represents more than a quarter of Australias, and about 7% of the worlds, shark and ray fauna.

    Taxonomy team at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in Hobart consists of: Peter Last, Daniel

    Full species accounts are available in the recently published Sharks and Rays of Australia, Second Edition

    Gledhill, William White, John Pogonoski, Alastair Graham and Louise Conboy.

    www.csiro.au

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