WoRMS taxon details
Squalus montalbani Whitley, 1931
299184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:299184)
accepted
Species
Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of S. philippinus Shaw, 1804)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1931). New names for Australian fishes. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 6 (pt 4): 310-334, Pls. 25-27. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Squalus montalbani Whitley, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=299184 on 2026-09-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1931). New names for Australian fishes. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 6 (pt 4): 310-334, Pls. 25-27. [details]
original description (of Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) Smith, H. M. (1912). The squaloid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with descriptions of new genera and species. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-10.--No. 15.]. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 41 (no. 1877): 677-685, Pls. 50-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29866385#page/801/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) Smith, H. M. (1912). The squaloid sharks of the Philippine Archipelago, with descriptions of new genera and species. [Scientific results of the Philippine cruise of the Fisheries steamer "Albatross," 1907-10.--No. 15.]. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 41 (no. 1877): 677-685, Pls. 50-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29866385#page/801/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (46 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalus montalbani)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
To FishBase
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalus montalbani)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus philippinus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
To FishBase
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 74 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
