Zebra Shark
Squalus tigrinus Forster, 1781: 24, fig. 2, pl. 13. Types: No types known. Type locality: Description and illustration based on juvenile individuals from Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean.
Local synonymy: Stegostoma tigrinum: Barnard, 1937: 45; Dahl et al., 2019: 524. Stegostoma fasciatum: Smith, 1949a: 51, fig. 30, pl. 2; Smith, 1965: 51, fig. 30, pl. 2; Smith, 1975: 13; Compagno, 1984a: 200, fig.; Bass, 1986: 65, fig. 7.4, pl. 4; Compagno et al., 1989: 38, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 186, fig. 156; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 54; Ebert et al., 2013a: 268, fig., pl. 35; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Weigmann, 2016: 848. Stegostoma varium: Bass et al., 1975c: 46, fig. 22.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6203, SAIAB 6204, SAIAB 7127, SAIAB 7128.
South Africa distribution: Cape St. Francis (EC) to KZN, but rare south of KZN.
Remarks: The species S. tigrinum has a complicated taxonomic history with at least 15 different scientific names having been ascribed to it. Until recently, the scientific name most widely accepted for this species was S. fasciatum (Hermann, 1783) based on Squalus varius Seba, 1759. However, a recent review on the taxonomic history concluded that S. tigrinus (Forster, 1781) is the proper valid name for this species (Dahl et al., 2019).
Conservation status: EN (2019).