Zameus squamulosus
Description
Zameus squamulosus (Günther, 1877)
Velvet Dogfish
Centrophorus squamulosus G̹nther, 1877: 433. Holotype: BMNH 1880.5.1.1, Challenger station 232, off Inosima, Japan, 35°11'N, 139°28'E.
Local synonymy: Scymnodon ? obscurus: Bass et al., 1976: 35. Scymnodon obscurus: Compagno, 1984a: 98, fig. Centroscymnus obscurus: Bass et al., 1986: 53, fig. 5.7. Zameus squamulosus: Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986: 129, fig. 3; Compagno et al., 2005: 121, fig., pl. 11; Ebert, 2013: 101, fig. 139; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 159, fig., pl. 14; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 43, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 91, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 97, fig. 114; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 37, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; White et al., 2015: 213; Compagno, 2016: 1199, fig.; Weigmann, 2016: 901. Scymnodon squamulosus: Compagno et al., 1989: 32, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 66; Ebert et al., 1992: 607; Compagno, 1999: 115.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6093, SAIAB 99105, SAIAB 99106.
South Africa distribution: Entire coast from the Orange River (NC) to northern KZN.
Remarks: The first records of this species were found in the stomach of a Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) harpooned off Durban in 1971, which had four partially digested Z. squamulosus (Bass et al., 1976).
Conservation status: LC (2020).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Family
- Somniosidae
- Genus
- Zameus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BMNH 1880.5
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Gunther
- Species
- squamulosus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Zameus squamulosus (Gunther, 1877) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1976) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. VI. The families Oxynotidae, Squalidae, Dalatiidae and Echinorhinidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 45, 1 - 103.
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1984 a) FAO Species Catalogue. Sharks of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. Vol. 4. No. 125. Part 1. Hexanchiformes to Lamniformes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1 - 250.
- Bass, A. J. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Echinorhinidae, Proscyllidae, Odontaspidiidae, Mitsukurinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 63 + 103 + 104 - 105.
- Taniuchi, T. & Garrick, J. A. F. (1986) A new species of Scymnodalatias from the southern oceans, and comments on other squaliform sharks. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 33 (2), 119 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02905840
- Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.
- Ebert D. A. (2013) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Indian Ocean. Vol. 1. Sharks. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 8. Vol. 1. FAO, Rome, 256 pp.
- Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. & Dando, M. (2014) On Board Guide for the Identification of Pelagic Sharks and Rays of the Western Indian Ocean. SmartFish Programme, FAO, Rome & Indian Ocean Commission, Port Louis, 109 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. (2015) Deep-sea cartilaginous fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 9. FAO, Rome, 251 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the " Lost Sharks " of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730
- White, W. T., Vaz, D. F. B., Ho, H. - C., Ebert, D. A., de Carvalho, M. R., Corrigan, S., Rochel, E., de Carvalho, M., Tanaka, S. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2015) Redescription of Scymnodon ichiharai Yano & Tanaka 1984 (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from the western North Pacific, with comments on the definition of somniosid genera. Ichthyological Research, 62, 213 - 229. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10228 - 014 - 0430 - y
- Compagno, L. J. V. (2016) Sharks. In: Carpenter, K. E. & De Angelis, N. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bivalves, Gastropods, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1122 - 1336.
- 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
- Compagno, L. J. V., Ebert, D. A. & Smale, M. J. (1989) Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 158 pp.
- 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
- Ebert, D. A., Compagno, L. J. V. & Cowley, P. D. (1992) A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of squaloid sharks off the west coast of southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science, 12, 601 - 609. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 02577619209504727
- Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406