Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 104

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4615082

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017
status

 

Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017 View in CoL View at ENA

Robin’s Ghostshark

Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017: 511 View in CoL , figs. 1–2. Holotype: SAIAB 200578 View Materials . Type locality: Discovery Seamount, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, 43°46'S, 01°21'E.

Local synonymy: Hydrolagus View in CoL sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 120. Hydrolagus erithacus: Walovich et al., 2017: 511 View in CoL , figs. 1–2.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 200578 View Materials . Paratypes (8): SAIAB 200579 View Materials , SAM 34432, SAM 34434, SAM 34723, SAM 34724, SAM 35442, SAM 35446, SAM 35447 .

South African distribution: Known from the Southeast Atlantic and Southwest Indian oceans, including near Marion Island and Prince Edward Island within the South African exclusive economic zone.

Remarks: Hydrolagus erithacus is the largest known ghostshark to date, exceeding that of H. trolli in length. The species was thought to be similar to what is now known to be H. affinis in South African waters. Presently, it is known from several seamounts in the southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian oceans, but it may prove to be much wider ranging in the Southern Ocean.

Conservation status: DD (2020).

SAM

South African Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Holocephali

Order

Chimaeriformes

Family

Chimaeridae

Genus

Hydrolagus

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Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021
2021
Loc

Hydrolagus

Ebert & Wintner & Kyne 2021
2021
Loc

Hydrolagus erithacus

Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper 2017: 511
2017
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Hydrolagus erithacus:

Walovich 2017: 511
2017
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