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Galeus priapus
Séret & Last, 2008
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Pentanchidae
Reference of the original description
Galeus priapus sp. nov., a new species of sawtail catsharks (Charcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia. Zootaxa, 1813, 19–28
Galeus priapus sp. nov., a new species of sawtail catsharks (Charcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia. Zootaxa, 1813, 19–28
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Types
Galeus priapus
Holotype: MNHN: 1997-3534; Paratype: CSIRO: H 6622-01; MNHN: 1997-3552; MNHN: 1997-3538; MNHN: 1997-3533; MNHN: 1997-3535; MNHN: 1997-3537; MNHN: 1997-3530; MNHN: 1997-3529; MNHN: 1997-3531; MNHN: 1997-3536;
Galeus priapus
Holotype: MNHN: 1997-3534; Paratype: CSIRO: H 6622-01; MNHN: 1997-3552; MNHN: 1997-3538; MNHN: 1997-3533; MNHN: 1997-3535; MNHN: 1997-3537; MNHN: 1997-3530; MNHN: 1997-3529; MNHN: 1997-3531; MNHN: 1997-3536;
Description :
Citation: Galeus priapus Séret & Last, 2008: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2025
Short Description
A small, slender Galeus with the following combination of characters: claspers extremely long and slender in adult males, distal tips extending to near anal origin or beyond, their outer length 9.2–11.2% TL, 7.2–8.7 times base width; clasper without hooks or spiny denticles; exorhipidion greatly elongated, about 4 times spiracle length when fully developed; anterior inner margin of pelvic fin not fused to clasper; anal fin relatively small, length 9.8–12.0% TL; posterior anal-fin margin 4.7–5.9% TL, 1.4–1.8 in anterior margin of second dorsal fin; prepectoral length relatively short, about 17.8–19.4 %TL; labial furrows moderately long, not confined to mouth corners; enlarged denticle crest of upper caudal fin originating almost over origin of ventral caudal lobe, no abrupt demarcation between denticles of crest and those of caudal peduncle; denticles forming 2–5 central rows of denticles between larger oblique lateral rows near crest origin; no subcaudal crest; anterior margin of pectoral fin black; anterior half of dorsal fins almost entirely dark or dusky; precaudal centra 81–86 [3931].
A small, slender Galeus with the following combination of characters: claspers extremely long and slender in adult males, distal tips extending to near anal origin or beyond, their outer length 9.2–11.2% TL, 7.2–8.7 times base width; clasper without hooks or spiny denticles; exorhipidion greatly elongated, about 4 times spiracle length when fully developed; anterior inner margin of pelvic fin not fused to clasper; anal fin relatively small, length 9.8–12.0% TL; posterior anal-fin margin 4.7–5.9% TL, 1.4–1.8 in anterior margin of second dorsal fin; prepectoral length relatively short, about 17.8–19.4 %TL; labial furrows moderately long, not confined to mouth corners; enlarged denticle crest of upper caudal fin originating almost over origin of ventral caudal lobe, no abrupt demarcation between denticles of crest and those of caudal peduncle; denticles forming 2–5 central rows of denticles between larger oblique lateral rows near crest origin; no subcaudal crest; anterior margin of pectoral fin black; anterior half of dorsal fins almost entirely dark or dusky; precaudal centra 81–86 [3931].
Distribution
Pacific Western Central: New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Known from the marginal slopes off southern New Caledonia, south of the Loyalty Islands Ridge and north of the Norfolk Ridge in 620–830 m depth and off Espiritu Santo Island (Vanuatu) in 262–352m depth [3931]. Source: www.gbif.org
Pacific Western Central: New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Known from the marginal slopes off southern New Caledonia, south of the Loyalty Islands Ridge and north of the Norfolk Ridge in 620–830 m depth and off Espiritu Santo Island (Vanuatu) in 262–352m depth [3931]. Source: www.gbif.org
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2448;
shark-references Species-ID=2448;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Cestoda
Cestoda
