Hemigaleus microstoma

William T. White, Peter R. Last & Leonard J. V. Compagno, 2005, Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters., Zootaxa 1077, pp. 37-49 : 39

[[ Hemigaleus microstoma ]]

Comparative material of Hemigaleus microstoma utilised for this study includes: India: TRR- 70-14, pregnant female, 845 mm TL, Wadge Bank, off Cape Comorin . Sri Lanka: immature male, 485 mm TL, Gulf of Manaar off Colombo . Myanmar (Burma): PMBC- 6733, adult male, ca 700 mm, Andaman Sea . Thailand, Gulf of Thailand: GVF- 60-361, immature female, 260 mm TL, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province ; GVF- 107, subadult female, 697 mm TL, Rayong Province ; GVF- 2429, adult male, 720 mm TL, Trat Province . Malaysia: CSIRO H 4919-05, female, 612 mm TL, Sandakan fish market, Sabah, Borneo . Singapore: LACM-F- 358, immature female, 429 mm TL, (cranium dissected) . Indonesia: BMNH- 1867-11.28.173, female, 703 mm TL, (Syntype of Hemigaleus microstoma Bleeker, 1852 ), Batavia (Jakarta), Java ; RMNH- 7389, female, 650 mm TL, Batavia, Java (possible Syntype but uncertain according to M. van Oijen, pers. comm.) ; UMMZ- 179017, sub-adult female, 635 mm TL, Batavia (Jakarta), Java ; CSIRO H 6234-01, preserved jaws only, adult male, 741 mm TL , CSIRO H 6234-02, preserved jaws only, pregnant female, 795 mm TL , CSIRO H 6234-03, preserved jaws only, pregnant female, 827 mm TL, Muara Angke fish landing site, Jakarta . CSIRO H 5691-01, adult male, 872 mm TL , CSIRO H 6128-04, female embryo, 452 mm TL , CSIRO H 5868-08, female, 510 mm TL , CSIRO H 5867-03, female 685 mm TL, Kedonganan fish market, Bali ; CSIRO H 6201-01, female, 750 mm TL, Tanjung Luar fish market, Lombok ; CSIRO H 6232-01, preserved jaws only, immature female, 735 mm TL , CSIRO H 6233-01, preserved shark jaws only, adult male, 957 mm TL, Kedonganan fish market, Bali ; MNHN- 1061, immature female, 598 mm TL , MNHN- 7781, adult male, 770 mm TL, Java (data from Prof. J.A.F. Garrick) . Philippines: SUML F 1153, immature male, 545 mm TL (Cadiz City) ; BRU- 082, immature female, 570 mm TL .