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Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick 1986

Description

? Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986

Whitetail Dogfish

Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986: 120, figs. 1–2. Holotype: FUMT-P 197. Type locality: South Indian Ocean, 45°S, 92°E.

Local synonymy: Scymnodalatias albicauda: Compagno et al., 2005: 114, fig., pl. 11; Ebert, 2013: 96, fig. 135; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 153, fig., pl. 14; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 45, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 87, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 93, fig. 110; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 39, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 899.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South Africa distribution: Southwest of South Africa (Ebert, 2013, 2015). Presence in South African waters requires confirmation.

Remarks: Reported from a few scattered records southwest of South Africa, there are no voucher specimens in museum collections confirming its presence in South African waters (Ebert, 2013; 2015).

Conservation status: DD (2018).

Notes

Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Somniosidae
Genus
Scymnodalatias
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
FUMT-P 197
Order
Squaliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Taniuchi & Garrick
Species
albicauda
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi, 1986 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

  • Taniuchi, T. & Garrick, J. A. F. (1986) A new species of Scymnodalatias from the southern oceans, and comments on other squaliform sharks. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 33 (2), 119 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02905840
  • Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.
  • Ebert D. A. (2013) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 1. Sharks. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 1. FAO, Rome, 256 pp.
  • Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.
  • Ebert, D. A. & Dando, M. (2014) On Board Guide for the Identification of Pelagic Sharks and Rays of the Western Indian Ocean. SmartFish Programme, FAO, Rome & Indian Ocean Commission, Port Louis, 109 pp.
  • Ebert, D. A. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 pp.
  • Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the " Lost Sharks " of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730
  • Weigmann, S. (2016) Annotated checklist of the living sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes) of the world, with a focus on biogeographical diversity. Journal of Fish Biology, 88, 837 - 1037. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jfb. 12874