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Figaro boardmani (Whitley, 1928)

Sawtail catshark
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Common names: Australian sawtail catshark, Banded shark, Sawtail catshark
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Common off the southern coast, from Carnarvon, Western Australia to Noosa in Queensland, including Tasmania (Ref. 6871). Bycatch of demersal trawlers (Ref. 6871), but of minor interest to fisheries at present (Ref. 11146). Also Ref. 244, 7300.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Australian sawtail catshark, Chien égoine, Pintarroja australiana, ... more

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Ελασμοβράγχιοι (καρχαρίες και σαλάχια) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pentanchidae (Deepwater catsharks)
Etymology: Figaro: Presumably named for the eponymous barber in various dramas (e.g., The Marriage of Figaro), allusion not explained nor evident. (See ETYFish);  boardmani: In honor of friend and colleague William Boardman (1906-1963), Assistant Ornithologist, Australian Museum (Sydney), who collected holotype from a trawler. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Whitley.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βαθύβιο(ς); εύρος βάθους 128 - 823 m (Ref. 244).   Temperate; 24°S - 44°S

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