Published March 17, 2021
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Hexanchus griseus
Description
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Bluntnose Sixgill Shark
Squalus griseus Bonnaterre, 1788: 9. Types: unknown according to Boeseman in Hureau & Monod (1973). Type locality: “La Méditerranée” [= Mediterranean Sea].
Local synonymy: Hexanchus griseus: Norman, 1922: 319; Barnard, 1925: 22; Barnard, 1947: 9; Smith, 1949a: 38, fig. 1; Bass et al., 1975d: 8, fig. 5, pl. 1; Compagno, 1984a: 19, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 46, fig. 2.2; Compagno et al., 1989: 18, pl.; Ebert, 1990: 45, fig. 3.13; Compagno, et al., 1991: 53; Ebert, 1994: 213; Compagno, 1999: 114; Ebert, 2002a: 359; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 51, fig.; Compagno et al., 2005: 67, fig., pl. 1; Barnett et al., 2012: 967; Ebert, 2013: 42, fig. 34; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 69, fig., pl. 1; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 9, fig.; NPOA, 2013: 36; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 79, fig.; da Silva et al., 2015: 247; Ebert, 2015: 44, fig. 40; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 9, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Compagno, 2016: 1149; Weigmann, 2016: 887.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6180 [former ORI 2598]. Ebert (1990, 1994, 2002a) and Compagno et al. (1991) examined numerous South African specimens, several of which are now in the fish collection (uncatalogued) at SAM.
South Africa distribution: Entire coast from the Orange River (NC) to northern KZN border with Mozambique.
Remarks: Perhaps the most common species of large deep-sea shark, H. griseus also occurs close inshore, including Langebaan Lagoon, Saldanha Bay, and St. Helena Bay (WC).
Conservation status: NT (2020).
Notes
Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Files
Files
(2.1 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:0af68bd092076a0ae11ebf7b30167368
|
2.1 kB | Download |
System files
(22.1 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:d5e3264aad82a91377a358d6a454d359
|
22.1 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hexanchidae
- Genus
- Hexanchus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hexanchiformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Bonnaterre
- Species
- griseus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788) Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature. Ichthyologie, Paris, 215 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11660
- Hureau, J. C. & Monod, T. (1973) Check-list of the Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. Vol. 1. CLOFNAM. Unesco, Paris, 683 pp.
- Norman, J. R. (1922) Three new fishes from Zululand and Natal, collected by Mr H. W. Bell Marley; with additions to the fish fauna of Natal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9 (52), 318 - 322. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222932208632681
- 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. (1947) A Pictorial Guide to South African Fishes. Marine and Freshwater. Maskew Miller Ltd, Cape Town, 226 pp.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1949 a) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 550 pp.
- Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1975 d) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. V. The families Hexanchidae, Chlamydoselachidae, Heterodontidae, Pristiophoridae, and Squatinidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 43, 1 - 50.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ebert, D. A. (1990) The taxonomy, biogeography and biology of cow and frilled sharks (Chondrichthyes: Hexanchiformes). Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 308 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. (1994) Diet of the sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus off southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science, 14, 213 - 218. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 025776194784287030
- 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
- Ebert, D. A. (2002 a) Some observations on the reproductive biology of the sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) from southern African waters. South African Journal of Marine Science, 24, 359 - 363. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 025776102784528439
- Heemstra, P. C. & Heemstra, E. (2004) Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, 488 pp.
- Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.
- Barnett, A., Braccini, J. M., Awruch, C. A. & Ebert, D. A. (2012) An overview on the role of Hexanchiformes in marine ecosystems: biology, ecology and conservation status of a primitive order of modern sharks. Journal Fish Biology, 80, 966 - 990. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8649.2012.03242. x
- 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. & Mostarda, E. (2013) Identification Guide to the Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean. FishFinder Programme, FAO, Rome, 76 pp.
- NPOA. (2013) National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (NPOA-Sharks). Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Rogge Bay, Cape Town, 63 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.
- da Silva C., Booth, A. J., Dudley, S. F. J., Kerwath, S. E., Lamberth, S. J., Leslie, R. W., McCord, M. E., Sauer, W. H. H. & Zweig, T. (2015) A description and updated overview of the status and management of South Africa's chondrichthyan fisheries. South African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 233 - 248. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1044471
- 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. & Mostarda, E. (2015) Identification Guide to the Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Southeastern Atlantic Ocean. FishFinder Programme, FAO, Rome, 70 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
- 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