Haploblepharus Garman 1913

Brett A. Human & Leonard J. V. Compagno, 2006, Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa., Zootaxa 1318, pp. 41-58 : 43-44

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6491672
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scientific name	Haploblepharus Garman 1913
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Genus Haploblepharus Garman 1913 View in CoL View at ENA ZBK

Genus Haploblepharus ZBK , Garman 1913: 101. Type species: Haploblepharus edwardsii Garman, 1913 , by monotypy, equals Scyllium edwardsii Voigt 1832 and Squalus edwardsii Schinz 1822 ZBK .

Definitions of this genus are in Garman (1913), Springer (1979), and Compagno (1984b, 1988). These are easily recognized, stocky broad-headed scyliorhinids with greatly expanded anterior nasal flaps that reach the mouth and are connected medially to form a straight-edged nasal curtain as in many batoids; broad nasoral grooves connecting the nostrils and mouth; dorsolateral gill slits; a moderate-sized anal fin about as large as the equal-sized dorsal fins; and no supraorbital crests on the chondrocranium.