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I added the third one. I just don't see the point of the first two at all. What is the encyclopedic value of knowing which animals were described in 1943? That's a completely arbitrary piece of information. You might as well have a Category:Animals with names starting with W.
If you feel that the categories are useless then, I implore you, nominate them for deletion. In the mean time, I think it's best to use them on articles where they are appropriate; inconsistency doesn't help anyone. I've added them myself. J Milburn (talk) 11:21, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
"Other common names for the whiskery include Mack's whiskery shark, reef shark, shakey shark, and sundowner." Mention that it's in addition to "whiskery shark".
Fixed missing word.
Maybe it's different in zoology, but are you certain that citation is accurate? The name Furgaleus wasn't used until 1951, but you date the citation as 1943
The species was described in 1943 as Fur macki. The current genus name wasn't coined until 1951.
Do we know what the genus/species names mean?
I don't have access to Whitley's original publication. It might stay a mystery anyway since Whitley had a habit of giving things odd names and not saying why.
"There 24–32 upper and 36–42 lower tooth rows" Doesn't make sense
Fixed missing word.
"oblique with smaller cusplets to the trailing side of the main cusp, while the lower teeth are upright and lack cusplets" Very jargony
Rephrased
The plural of "octopus" is octopuses, occasionally octopi, or, in British English, octopodes (according to the Oxford English Dictionary
Changed
"deeper water or other unfished habitat" habitats? another habitat?
Changed to "habitats"
"it is targeted by a shark fishery operating off Western Australia." Does it have a name?
Added
"Fisheries Western Australia" What is this? Worthy of a redlink?
Changed to the "Western Australian government"; the name of the particular management agency isn't important
"has not been" was not? Or is the season not over?
