Carcharhinus humani : White & Weigmann 2014
Description
Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014
Human’s Whaler Shark
Carcharhinus humani White & Weigmann, 2014: 72, figs. 1–6. Holotype: ZMH 26030. Type locality: Off Socotra Islands, 12°04'48"S, 53°12'36"W – 12°09'12"S, 53°10'06"W.
Local synonymy: Carcharhinus dussumieri: Smith, 1952e: 22, fig. 3; Smith, 1952b: 858; Smith, 1965: 42, fig. 8. Carcharhinus menisorrah: Smith, 1961b: 29. Carcharhinus tjutjot: D’Aubrey, 1964a: 41, pl. 23; Davies & Joubert, 1966: 15; Davies & Joubert, 1967: 121; Garrick, 1967: 8. Carcharhinus sealei: Bass et al., 1973: 70, fig. 28, pl.14; Garrick, 1982: 48, fig. 24; Compagno, 1984b: 497, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 76, fig. 9, pl. 9.16; Compagno, 1988a: 327; Compagno et al., 1989: 68, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120; Compagno et al., 2005: 305, fig., pl. 60; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146. Carcharhinus humani: White & Weigmann, 2014: 72, figs. 1–6; Weigmann, 2016: 856.
South Africa voucher material: Paratype: ANSP 25838. Non-types: SAIAB [ex ORI 914] 6117, SAIAB [ex ORI E4] 6218, SAIAB 8021, SAIAB 10738, SAIAB 13023, SAIAB 201701.
South African distribution: Port Shepstone and north to the KZN border with Mozambique; south of Port Shepstone there are unconfirmed reports.
Remarks: White & Weigmann (2014) revised the dussumieri - sealei group and described C. humani as a new species. Previous accounts of this species in South African and WIO literature appeared as C. tjutjot and more recently the name C. sealei is used, but neither species occur in the WIO.
Conservation status: DD (2019).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ANSP , ORI , SAIAB , ZMH
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Carcharhinus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- ANSP 25838 , E4, SAIAB 8021, SAIAB 10738, SAIAB 13023, SAIAB 201701 , ORI 914
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- : White & Weigmann
- Species
- humani
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Carcharhinus humani White, 2014 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
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- Smith, J. L. B. (1952 e) We need information about sharks: anglers can help science. South African Angler, 6 (11), 6 - 7, 22.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1952 b) Carcharhinus zambezensis Peters, 1852, notes on other chondrichthyan fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12, 5, 857 - 863. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935208654359
- Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1961 b) Are we on the right road with sharks? Field & Tide, 3 (6), 18 - 20, 29.
- D'Aubrey, J. D. (1964 a) Preliminary guide to the sharks found off the east coast of South Africa. South African Association for Marine Biological Research, Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report, 8, 1 - 95.
- Davies, D. H. & Joubert, L. S. (1966) Tag evaluation and shark tagging in South African waters. Oceanographic Research Institute, Investigational Report, 12, 1 - 36.
- Davies, D. H. & Joubert, L. S. (1967) Tag evaluation and shark tagging in South African waters. 1964 - 65. In: Gilbert, P. W., Mathewson, R. F. & Rall, D. P. (Eds.), Sharks, Skates, and Rays. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 111 - 140.
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- Bass, A. J. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Echinorhinidae, Proscyllidae, Odontaspidiidae, Mitsukurinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 63 + 103 + 104 - 105.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1988 a) Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 486 pp.
- Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406
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