Apristurus microps ( Gilchrist, 1922b )

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 : 46

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scientific name	Apristurus microps ( Gilchrist, 1922b )
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Apristurus microps ( Gilchrist, 1922b) View in CoL View at ENA

Smalleye Catshark

Scylliorhinus microps Gilchrist, 1922b: 46 View in CoL , fig. 1, pl. 7. Holotype: lost (additional material, possible syntype: 1, lost). Type locality: off Cape Town GoogleMaps , Western Cape Province, South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, 33°45.8'S, 17°17.1'E, S.S. Pickle station 253, depth 1446 m.

Local synonymy: Scylliorhinus microps View in CoL : Gilchrist, 1922b: 46, fig. 1, pl. 7; Barnard, 1925: 41. Pentanchus microps: Fowler, 1941: 61 View in CoL ; Smith, 1949a: 54, fig. 41; Smith, 1965: 54, fig. 41. Apristurus microps: Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948b: 221 View in CoL ; Bass et al., 1975a: 7; Springer, 1979: 23; Compagno, 1984b: 275, fig.; Bass, 1986: 88, fig. 11.1; Compagno, 1988a: 170; Compagno et al., 1989: 46, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 75; Ebert et al., 1996: 234; Compagno, 1999: 119; Compagno et al., 2005: 196, fig., pl. 31; Ebert et al., 2006: 1056, fig. 3c; Flammang et al., 2007: 308; Ebert, 2013: 169, fig. 218; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 295, fig., pl. 36; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 53, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 144, fig. 157; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 44, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 868.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 26318, SAIAB 26319, SAIAB 26320, SAIAB 27439.

South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to at least Cape Agulhas, and possibly to Algoa Bay (EC) .

Remarks: Apristurus microps was described from South Africa, and is also known from the North Atlantic, but appears to have a disjunct population since there are no confirmed records of this species between the Orange River (NC), South Africa and European Atlantic waters between Scotland and Iceland.

Conservation status: LC (2019).

References

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Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1975 a) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. II. The families Scyliorhinidae and Pseudotriakidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 37, 1 - 64.

Bass, A. J. (1986) Families Chlamydoselachidae, Heterodontidae, Orectolobidae, Rhinicodontidae, Scyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Sphyrnidae, Lamnidae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Squatinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 47 - 48 + 64 - 66 + 87 - 102 + 103 + 107.

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Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Cowley, P. D. (1991) Distribution of offshore demersal cartilaginous fishes (class Chondrichthyes) of the west coast of southern Africa, with notes on their systematics. South African Journal of Marine Science, 11, 43 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 025776191784287664

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Ebert, D. A., Compagno, L. J. V. & Cowley, P. D. (2006) Reproductive biology of catsharks (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from off the west coast of southern Africa. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63, 1053 - 1065. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. icesjms. 2006.04.016

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Flammang, B. E., Ebert, D. A. & Cailliet, G. M. (2007) Egg cases of the genus Apristurus (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae): phylogenetic and ecological implications. Zoology, 110, 308 - 317. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. zool. 2007.03.001

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Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1922 b) Deep-sea fishes procured by the S. A. Pickle (Part I.). Special Report (3), Report of the Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey, Union of South Africa, 2, 41 - 79.

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Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.

Springer, S. (1979) A revision of the catsharks, family Scyliorhinidae. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Circular, 422, 1 - 152. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 63029

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