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Brachaelurus colcloughi Ogilby, 1908

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Ogilby, J. D. 1908. On new genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 21: 1-26.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Orectolobiformes
family
Brachaeluridae
genus
Brachaelurus
species
Brachaelurus colcloughi

Name

Synonyms
Heteroscyllium colcloughi (Ogilby, 1908)
Homonyms
Brachaelurus colcloughi Ogilby, 1908
Common names
Blaugrauer Blindhai in German
Blauwgrijze blinde haai in Dutch
Bluegrey Blind Shark in English
Bluegrey Carpetshark in English
Bluegrey Shark in English
Colclough's Shark in English
Colcloughs Shark in English
Colclough’s shark in English
Colclough’s shark in English
Southern Blind Shark in English
Squalo di Colclough in Italian
Tiburón Ciego Azulado in Spanish
Tubarão-bambu-azulado in Portuguese
blue-grey catshark in English
blue-grey catshark in English
blue-grey shark in English
blue-grey shark in English
bluegray carpet shark in English
bluegray carpet shark in English
requin aveugle gris-bleu in French
requin aveugle gris-bleu in French
sinisokkohai in Finnish
tiburón ciego gris in Spanish
tiburón ciego gris in Spanish
žralok Colcloughův in Czech
Серо-голубая шорная акула in Russian
アオホソメテンジクザメ in Japanese
Colclough's Shark in English
Bluegray Carpetshark in English
Bluegrey Carpetshark in English
Colclough’s shark in English
blue-grey catshark in English
blue-grey shark in English
bluegray carpet shark in English
requin aveugle gris-bleu in French
tiburón ciego gris in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  4. Ogilby, J. D. (1908). On new genera and species of fishes. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.</em> v. 21: 1-26.
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