FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes Western

Squalidae 1231
Squalus rancureli Fourmanoir and Rivanton, 1979
En - Cyrano spurdog; Fr - Aiguillat cyrano; Sp - Galludo cirann.
Maximum total length at least 77 cm. Occurs on the insular slopes of Vanuatu, at depths of 320 and
400 m. Without interest to fisheries at present. Known only from the vicinity of Vate, Vanuatu.
Squalus sp. A [Last and Stevens, 1994]
En - Bartail spurdog.
Maximum total length at least 62 cm. Known only from a few specimens collected off Queensland
between Cairns and Rockhampton in 220 to 450 m. Interest to fisheries unknown.
(after Last and Stevens, 1994)
Squalus sp. B [Last and Stevens, 1994]
En - Eastern highfin spurdog.
Maximum total length at least 65 cm.On the upper continental slopes in depths to 240 to 450 cm.Biology
almost entirely unknown. Interest to fisheries unknown. Eastern Australia from the Queensland Plateau
to Byron Bay. A similar and probably identical spurdog occurs off northern Papua New Guinea.