Occurrence | native | ||
Importance | minor commercial | Ref. | |
Aquaculture | Ref. | ||
Regulations | Ref. | ||
Freshwater | No | ||
Brackish | No | ||
Saltwater | Yes | ||
Live export | |||
Bait | No | ||
Gamefish | No | ||
Abundance | common (usually seen) | Ref. | Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994 |
Comments |
Type locality of Chimaera ogilbyi, off Sydney, New South Wales; Hydrolagus lemures, Great Australian Bight, off Eucla, Western Australia; and Hydrolagus waitei, Victoria (Ref. 125617). Recorded from off Queensland Plateau (ca. 17° S, 151° E) south to off New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, east to South Australia and Western Australia north to the Arafura Sea off the Northern Territory (ca. 10° S, 130° E) (Ref. 125617). Abundant in Tasmania where it is a by-catch of vessels fishing for Pterygotrigla polyommata and Nemadactylus macropterus (Ref. 6871). Also Ref. 7300, 75154. |
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States/Provinces | New South Wales (native), Northern Territory (native), Queensland (native), South Australia (native), Tasmania (native), Victoria (native), Western Australia (native) | ||
States/Provinces Complete? | Yes | ||
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Country information | https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html |