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Gollum attenuatus (Garrick, 1954)

Slender smooth-hound
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Slender smoothhound, Slender smoothhound, Slender smooth-hound
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem, 1998
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off New Zealand (Ref. 13566). Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ (Ref. 5755). Of no interest to fisheries at present, although taken in small numbers by bottom trawlers (Ref. 13566). Also Ref. 244, 6893.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cox, G. and M. Francis, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (haaien en roggen) (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Pseudotriakidae (False catsharks)
Etymology: Gollum: Named for the antihero of Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, to which G. attenuatus “bears some resemblance in form and habits”. (See ETYFish);  attenuatus: Latin for drawn out or tapered, refer- ring to its “attenuate, almost anguilliform as though emaciated” shape. (See ETYFish).

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

marien bathydemersaal; diepte 120 - 660 m (Ref. 26346), usually 400 - 600 m (Ref. 13566).   Deep-water; - 46°S

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