Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1077, 2005, Pages 37-49

  White, William T ^a   Last, Peter R ^b   Compagno, Leonard J V ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hemigaleidae; Hemigaleus Australiensis; Northern Australia; Weasel shark

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEMIGALEIDAE; HEMIGALEUS; HEMIGALEUS MICROSTOMA;

EID: 33745206918     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1077.1.3     Document Type: Article

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