Mustelus walkeri

White & Last, 2008


Eastern spotted gummy shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Triakidae

Reference of the original description
White, W.T. & Last, P.R. (2008)
Description of two new species of gummy sharks, genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from Australian waters. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper, 22, 189–202



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Citation: Mustelus walkeri White & Last, 2008: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024

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Common names
eng Eastern spotted gummy shark

Short Description
A relatively large species with the following characters: tall dorsal fins, its posterior margin directed posteroventrally from top to bottom and not upright distally, first dorsal-fin base is 1.6-2.0 times the anal-caudal space; buccopharyngeal denticles cover entire palate and floor of mouth; long claspers of adult males are slender, strongly depressed, the inner length about 9-10% TL, extending to just anterior of the second dorsal-fin origin; lower edge of spiracle is usually close to level of mid-eye; insertion of anal-fin usually over its apex; about 69/73 teeth rows; 78- 94 precaudal vertebral centra; 35-39 monospondylous centra; dorsal color pale greyish with numerous small, often indistinct, semi-regular, diffuse-edged white spots on postspiracular head and body; light and dark tonal coloration well demarcated on head below eye and onto middle of first gill slit, the intergill membranes are much darker dorsally than ventrally; bases and inner lobe of dorsal fins in juveniles (

Distribution
Western Pacific: Australia. Source: www.gbif.org

Size / Weight / Age
94.2 cm TL (male/unsexed; [3345]); 111.6 cm TL (female)

Habitat
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 52 - 403 m [3345]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=3828;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea
Monogenea
  • Calicotyle stossichi Braun, 1899 [17436]
  • Empruthotrema dasyatidis Whittington & Kearn, 1992 [17002]
  • Erpocotyle antarctica (Hughes, 1928) [17150] [22557] [16602]
  • Macrophyllida antarctica (Hughes, 1928) Johnston, 1930 [17150]
  • Triloculotrema japanicae Kearn, 1993 [17002]

Cestoda
Nematoda
Copepoda
Isopoda
  • Elthusa raynaudii (Milne Edwards, 1840) [16602]

Hirudinea
  • Branchellion australis Leigh-Sharpe, 1916 [16602] [28595]
  • Pontobdella leucothela Schimarda, 1861 [28595]