Hydrolagus africanus ( Gilchrist, 1922b )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4688739 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A1-950F-FFE9-CFF7-5D3FFDE922A3 |
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Hydrolagus africanus ( Gilchrist, 1922b ) |
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Hydrolagus africanus ( Gilchrist, 1922b) View in CoL View at ENA
African Ghostshark
Chimaera africanus Gilchrist, 1922b: 51 , pl. 8. Syntypes: several, all lost. Type locality: deepwater off KZN. Neotype: SAM 34420 . Neotype designated by Walovich et al. 2015:158, fig. 1. Type locality: west coast of WC, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, 30°04'59.88''S, 14°54'6.12''E.
Local synonymy: Chimaera africanus: Gilchrist, 1922b: 51 , pl. 8; Barnard, 1925: 95; Norman, 1935: 47; Fowler, 1941: 499; Smith, 1949a: 79, fig. 94; Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 543; Smith, 1961a: 76, fig, 94; Smith, 1965, 76, fig. 94. Hydrolagus View in CoL sp.: Compagno et al., 1991: 113. Hydrolagus africanus: Smith, 1968: 3 View in CoL , pl. 1a; Compagno, 1986: 145, fig. 32.2; Compagno et al., 1989: 120, pl. (in part); Compagno, 1999: 120; Kemper et al., 2010: 55; Didier et al., 2012: 101; Ebert, 2014: 96, fig. 151; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Walovich et al., 2015: 158, fig. 1; Weigmann, 2016: 1002. Hydrolagus cf. africanus: Ebert, 2015: 198 View in CoL , fig. 225.
South Africa voucher material: Neotype: SAM 34420. Non-types : CAS 241488 View Materials (4 specimens), CAS 241490 View Materials (2 specimens), CAS 241491 View Materials , CAS 241492 View Materials (2 specimens), CAS 241493 View Materials , SAIAB 14040 View Materials (2 specimens), SAIAB 17324 View Materials , SAIAB 17325 View Materials , SAIAB 25211 View Materials , SAIAB 25712 View Materials , SAIAB 81688 View Materials , SAIAB 186459 View Materials , SAM 33058, SAM 33412, USNM 438927 View Materials , USNM 438929 View Materials , USNM 438930 View Materials , USNM 438931 View Materials , USNM 438932 View Materials .
South African distribution: Entire coastline from the Orange River (NC) to KZN border with Mozambique.
Remarks: Hydrolagus africanus has long been misidentified with other regional Hydrolagus species including H. affinis in South African and Namibian waters and with H. mirabilis in Angolan waters. However, Walovich et al. (2015) reviewed the issue and designated a neotype clarifying the external morphology and providing a key to regional species.
Conservation status: LC (2020).
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South African Museum |
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Hydrolagus africanus ( Gilchrist, 1922b )
Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021 |
Hydrolagus
Ebert & Wintner & Kyne 2021 |
Hydrolagus cf. africanus
: Ebert 2015: 198 |
Hydrolagus africanus:
Smith 1968: 3 |
Chimaera africanus Gilchrist, 1922b: 51
: Gilchrist 1922: 51 |
Chimaera africanus
: Gilchrist 1922: 51 |