Cetorhinus maximus
Description
Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765)
Basking Shark
Squalus maximus Gunnerus, 1765: 33, pl. 2. No known types. Type locality: Trondheim, Norway.
Local synonymy: Cetorhinus maximus: Barnard, 1925: 34, fig. 1, 1a, pl. 2; Barnard 1937: 43, fig. 1, pls 6, 7; Bass et al., 1975c: 31, fig. 16; Compagno, 1984a: 234, fig.; Bass, 1986: 101, fig. 15.1, pl. 2; Compagno et al., 1989: 44, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 91; Compagno et al., 2005: 181, fig., pl. 28; Ebert, 2013: 158, fig. 190; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 222, fig., pl. 26; NPOA: 35; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 73, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 135, fig. 144; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 12, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Compagno, 2016: 1238; Weigmann, 2016: 849. Halsydrus maximus Smith, 1949a: 47, fig. 23; Smith, 1965: 47, fig. 23.
South Africa voucher material: Uncatalogued specimen at SAM.
South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Salt Rock, southern KZN.
Remarks: Occasionally observed in the western Cape, usually between Table Bay and Cape Agulhas, one was once caught in the surf off Macassar Beach, False Bay. A small juvenile measuring 260 cm TL was once captured in the KZN Sharks Board bather protection gear at Salt Rock (KZN).
Conservation status: EN (2019).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cetorhinidae
- Genus
- Cetorhinus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Gunnerus
- Species
- maximus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1765) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Gunnerus, J. E. (1765) Brugden (Squalus maximus). Det Trondhiemske Selskabs Skrifter, 3, 33 - 49.
- Barnard, K. H. (1925) A monograph of the marine fishes of South Africa. Part I (Amphioxus, Cyclostomata, Elasmobranchii, and Teleostei-Isospondyli to Heterosomata). Annals of the South African Museum, 21, 1 - 418.
- Barnard, K. H. (1937) Further notes on South African marine fishes. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, pt. 2 (6), 41 - 67.
- Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1975 c) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. IV. The families Odontaspididae, Scapanorhynchidae, Isuridae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Orectolobidae and Rhiniodontidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 39, 1 - 102.
- 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. (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.
- 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. (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
- Compagno, L. J. V. (2001) Sharks of the World, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Volume 2. Bullhead, Mackerel and Carpet Sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO, Rome, 269 pp.
- 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
- 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
- Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1965) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 5 th Edition. Central News Agency Ltd., 580 pp.