WoRMS taxon details
Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967
281038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281038)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1967). Sharks of the Australasian region. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 14 (no. 2): 173-188, Pl. 4. [details]
Holotype AM IB.7938, geounit New Guinea
Holotype AM IB.7938, geounit New Guinea [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hemiscyllium strahani Whitley, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281038 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1967). Sharks of the Australasian region. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 14 (no. 2): 173-188, Pl. 4. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM IB.7938, geounit New Guinea [details]
