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Squalus mahia Viana, Lisher, & de Carvalho 2017

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Squalus mahia Viana, Lisher, & de Carvalho, 2017

Malagasy Skinny Spurdog

Squalus mahia Viana, Lisher, & de Carvalho, 2017: [5], figs 1–6a–b, 7. Holotype: SAIAB 189449. Type locality: Off northern Madagascar, Western Indian Ocean, 15°24.14'S, 46°1.51'E.

Local synonymy: Squalus megalops: Bass et al., 1976 (in part): 10; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 53 (description; southern Africa); Ebert, 2013 (in part): 53; Weigmann, 2016 (in part): 904. Squalus mahia: Viana & de Carvalho, 2018: 628; Viana, Lisher, & de Carvalho, 2018: 1787.

South Africa voucher material: Paratypes: SAIAB 25370, SAIAB 186419, SAIAB 186461.

South Africa Distribution: Algoa Bay (EC) to KZN.

Remarks: The status of this species and its distribution along with other southern African “short-nose” Squalus species is need of taxonomic revisions.

Conservation status: DD (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 page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A1957FFF98CFF75EEAFDEC26E1

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4614567 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFABFFD99569FF8ECF605A0DFFF9206F (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/039287A1957FFF98CFF75EEAFDEC26E1 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/181006712 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/7365/taxon/039287A1957FFF98CFF75EEAFDEC26E1.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
SAIAB
Material sample ID
SAIAB 186419 , SAIAB 186461 , SAIAB 189449 , SAIAB 25370
Scientific name authorship
Viana, Lisher, & de Carvalho
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squaliformes
Family
Squalidae
Genus
Squalus
Species
mahia
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Squalus mahia Viana, 2017 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Viana, S. T. F. L. & Carvalho, M. R. de (2018) Resurrection and redescription of the southern dogfish Squalus probatovi (Squalidae), a valid species from Angola. Journal of Ichthyology, 58 (5), 617 - 632. https: // doi. org / 10.1134 / S 003294521805020 X