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Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert 1990

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Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990

Paddlenose Chimaera

Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990: 206, figs. 2–5. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27744. Type locality: West of Doring Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 31°59.8'S, 15°56.2'E.

Local synonymy: Rhinochimaera atlantica: Penrith, 1969: 66 (in part); Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part, South Africa: off Atlantic side of Agulhas Bank (WC) and off Kosi Bay (KZN); Compagno, 1986: 146 (in part, KZN). Rhinochimaera pacifica: Shcherbachev et al., 1982: 28 (in part, records from Shcherbachev 1978 from Agulhas Bank and Kosi Bay). Rhinochimaera sp.: Compagno et al., 1989: 122, pl. Rhinochimaera africana: Compagno et al., 1990: 206, figs. 2–5; Compagno et al., 1991: 115; Compagno, 1999: 120; Didier et al., 2012: 100; Ebert, 2014: 104, fig. 167; Ebert, 2015: 204, fig. 234; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 1005.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 27744. Paratypes, (4): SAM 23123, ZMMU P 14392, ZIL 48699, ISH 1 / 90 (ex ZMMU P 14393).

South African distribution: Scattered records off Doring Bay (WC) to Kosi Bay (KZN), but likely to occur off the entire South African coast.

Remarks: The species had been misidentified with R. atlantica until Compagno et al. (1990) recognized it as distinct. Records of R. atlantica from off Kosi Bay are actually R. africana.

Conservation status: DD (2016).

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 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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Biodiversity

Collection code
ISH , SAIAB , SAIAB, RUSI , SAM , ZMMU
Family
Rhinochimaeridae
Genus
Rhinochimaera
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
ISH 1 , SAIAB 27744
Order
Chimaeriformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert
Species
africana
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, 1990 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021

References

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  • Shcherbachev, Y. N. (1978) Long-nosed chimaeras (Rhinochimaeridae, Chimaeriformes) from the waters of South Africa. Trudy Institute Okeanology P. P. Shirshova, 111, 7 - 9.
  • Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Pristidae, Narkidae, Rhinobatidae, Myliobatidae, Mobulidae, Dasyatidae, Chimaeridae, Rhinochimaeridae, Callorhinchidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 110 - 142, 144 - 147.
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