Glyphis glyphis (Müller and Henle, 1839)
Speartooth shark
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
northern Australia & New Guinea
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
L. J. Compagno, W. T. White, P. R. Last, Glyphis garricki sp. nov., a new species of river shark (Carcharhiniformes: Carcharhinidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, with a redescription of Glyphis glyphis (Müller & Henle, 1839), in Descriptions of New Australian Chondrichthyans (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, 2008), pp. 203–225.
C. Li, S. Corrigan, L. Yang, N. Straube, M. Harris, M. Hofreiter, W. T. White, G. J. Naylor,DNA capture reveals transoceanic gene flow in endangered river sharks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.112,13302–13307 (2015).
Patterson, Toby A. et al. (2022). Rapid assessment of adult abundance and demographic connectivity from juvenile kin pairs in a critically endangered species. Science Advances 8(51): eadd167. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add1679
W. T. White, S. A. Appleyard, B. Sabub, P. M. Kyne, M. Harris, R. Lis, L. Baje, T. Usu, J. J. Smart, S. Corrigan,Rediscovery of the threatened river sharks, Glyphis garricki and G. glyphis, in Papua New Guinea. PLOS ONE10,e0140075 (2015).
Gymnura tentaculata (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Tentacled butterfly ray
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered or relocated
Distribution
New Guinea & Western Central Pacific
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Holmes, Branden. (2021). What's Lost and What Remains: The Sixth Extinction in 100 Accounts (eBook). Self published.
Jabado, R. W., Kyne, P. M., Pollom, R. A., Ebert, D. A., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Ralph, G.M., and Dulvy, N.K. (eds.). (2017). The Conservation Status of Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras in the Arabian Sea and Adjacent Waters. Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, UAE and IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group, Vancouver, Canada. 236 pp.
Jacobsen, I. (2009). Gymnura tentaculata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T161516A5441188. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T161516A5441188.en. Downloaded on 17 October 2021.
Rezaie-Atagholipour, Mohsen, Jabado, Rima W., Hesni, Majid Askari, Owfi, Fereidoon, Pouyani, Eskandar Rastegar and Ebert, David A. (2023). Redescription of the Critically Endangered tentacled butterfly ray, Gymnura tentaculata (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1841) (Myliobatiformes: Gymnuridae) from Iranian waters. Marine Biodiversity 53: 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01303-2
Rezaie-Atagholipour, Mohsen, Jabado, Rima W., Owfi, Fereidoon, Hesni, Majid Askari and Ebert, David A. (2021). Lost and found: rediscovery of the extinct tentacled butterfly ray Gymnura tentaculata in Iranian waters. Oryx 55(4): 489-490. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605321000521
Rhynchobatus cooki Last, Kyne & Compagno, 2016
Clown wedgefish, Roughnose wedgefish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Clark-Shen et al., 2019).
Distribution
Unknown (Asian waters).
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Last, P. R., Kyne, P. M. and Compagno, L. J. V. (2016). A new species of wedgefish Rhynchobatus cooki (Rhinopristiformes, Rhinidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4139(2): 233-247. [Abstract]
Other references:
Clark-Shen, Naomi et al. (2019). Not yet extinct: Rhynchobatus cooki is found after being unseen for over 20 years. Pacific Conservation Biology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/PC19027 [Abstract]
Kyne, P. M., Rigby, C. L. and Last, P. R. (2019). Rhynchobatus cooki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T60181A151858712. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T60181A151858712.en. Downloaded on 18 October 2019.
Carcharhinus obsoletus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019
Lost shark, False smalltail shark
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Carcharhinus obsolerus White, Kyne & Harris, 20019 [orth. error (see Dubois & Séret, 2019)]
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: December 1934 (White et al., 2019)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Western Central Pacific ocean (Borneo, Thailand & Vietnam) (White et al., 2019).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
3 specimens are known:
"Holotype.
NMW 61463, female 433 mm TL, Bangkok, Thailand, no date or collector recorded.
Paratypes.
ANSP 76859, female late-term embryo 339 mm TL, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Dec. 1934, coll. H. Rutherfurd; ANSP 77121 (paratype of Carcharhinus tephrodes Fowler), female 370 mm TL, Baram, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, 1897, coll. A.C. Harrison Jr. & H.M. Hiller."
Source: (White et al., 2019)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
White, William T., Kyne, Peter M. and Harris, Mark. (2019a). Lost before found: A new species of whaler shark Carcharhinus obsolerus from the Western Central Pacific known only from historic records. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209387.
Other references:
del Monte-Luna, Pablo et al. (2023). A review of recent and future marine extinctions. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 1: e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2023.11 [as obsolerus]
Dubois, A. and Séret, B. (2019). A justified emendation for a specific nomen of shark (Chondrichthyes), with comments on some Articles of the Code. Bionomina 15: 59-62. [Abstract]
Dulvy, N.K., Kyne, P.M., Finucci, B. & White, W.T. 2020. Carcharhinus obsoletus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T115696622A115696628. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T115696622A115696628.en. Accessed on 24 July 2022.
White, William T., Kyne, Peter M. and Harris, Mark. (2019b). The correct spelling of the nomen of the lost shark Carcharhinus obsolerus White, Kyne & Harris, 2019 (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhinidae). Zootaxa 4657(3): 599-600.
Torpedo suessii Steindachner, 1898a
Red Sea torpedo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Original description:
Steindachner, F. (1898). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 35(19): 198-200.
Conservation Status
Missing
Last recorded in 1898.
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Mocha, Yemen
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original description:
Steindachner, F. (1898a). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 35(19): 198-200.
Other references:
Compagno, L. J. V. (2005). Checklist of living Chondrichthyes, pp. 503-548. In: Hamlett, W. C. (ed.). Reproductive biology and physiology of Chondrichthyes – Sharks, Batoids and chimaeras. Science Publishers.
de Carvalho, M. R., Last, P. R., & Séret, B. (2016). Torpedo rays, family Torpedinidae, pp. 184-203. In P. R. Last, W. T. White, M. R. Carvalho, B. Séret, M. F. W. Stehmann, & G. J. P. Naylor (Eds.), Rays of the world. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing.
de Carvalho, M. R., Stehmann, M. F. W. and Manilo, L. G. (2002). Torpedo adenensis, a new species of electric ray from the Gulf of Aden, with comments on nominal species of Torpedo from the western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and adjacent areas (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae). American Museum Novitates 3369: 1-34.
Fraser-Brunner, A. (1949). LXXIII. Note on the electric rays of the genus Torpedo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2(24): 943-947. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934908654036
Garman, S. (1913). The Plagiostomia: Sharks, skates, and rays / by Samuel Garman; with seventy-seven plates. Printed for the Harvard Univ., Mus. Comp. Zoology. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43732
Kyne, P. M., Tesfamichael, D., Fernando, D. and Bineesh, K. K. (2017). Torpedo suessii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T161613A109911839. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T161613A109911839.en. Downloaded on 19 October 2017.
Michael, S. (1993). Reef sharks and rays of the world: A guide to their identification, ecology, and behaviour. Sea Challengers.
Palandačić, Anja et al. (2023). From historical expedition diaries to whole genome sequencing: A case study of the likely extinct Red Sea torpedo ray. Zoologica Scripta. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12632
Randall, J. (1995). Coastal fishes of Oman. University of Hawaii Press.
Steindachner, F. (1898b). Über einige neue Fischarten aus dem rothen Meere, gesammelt während der I. und II. österreichischen Expedition nach dem rothen Meere in den Jahren 1895–1896 und 1897–1898. Sitzungsberichte, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung 1. Mineralogie, Botanik, Zoologie, Geologie Und Paläontologie, 107(7): 780-788, Pls. 1-2.
Weigmann, S. (2016). Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology 88(3): 837-1037. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12874
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