Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839 )

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 : 65-66

Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Spottail Shark

Carcharias (Prionodon) sorrah Valenciennes in M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 45, pl. 16. Lectotype: RMNH 4294 , Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Local synonymy: Carcharhinus sorrah: Bass et al., 1973: 72 , fig. 29; Garrick, 1982: 165, figs. 75–77; Compagno, 1984b: 500, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 77, fig. 9.17; Compagno, 1988a: 291; Compagno et al., 1989: 68, pl.; Compagno et al., 2005: 306, fig., pl. 59; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 475, fig., pl. 72; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Weigmann, 2016: 859.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South African distribution: Northern KZN.

Remarks: Common in parts of its wide Indo-West Pacific range, but rare in East Africa with only a couple records from Sodwana Bay and northern KZN.

Conservation status: NT (2009).