Stegostoma tigrinum
Description
Stegostoma tigrinum (Forster, 1781)
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., 2013 a: 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).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Forster
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Stegostomatidae
- Genus
- Stegostoma
- Species
- tigrinum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stegostoma tigrinum (Forster, 1781) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Forster, J. R. (1781) Zoologia Indica Selecta Tabulis XV aeneis illustrata [Indische Zoologie oder Systematische Beschreibungen seltener und unbekannter Thiere aus Indien, mit 15 illuminirten Kupfertafeln erlautert]. Johann Jacob Gebauer, Halle, 42 pp.
- Barnard, K. H. (1937) Further notes on South African marine fishes. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, pt. 2 (6), 41 - 67.
- Dahl, R. B., Sigsgaard, E. E., Mwangi, G., Thomsen, P. F., Jorgensen, R. D., de O. Torquato, F., Olsen, L. & Moller, P. R. (2019) The sandy zebra shark: a new color morph of the zebra shark Stegostoma tigrinum, with a redescription of the species and a revision of its nomenclature. Copeia, 107 (3), 524 - 541. https: // doi. org / 10.1643 / CG- 18 - 115
- 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.
- Smith, M. M. (1975) Common and scientific names of the fishes of southern Africa. Part 1. Marine fishes. J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication, 14, 1 - 178.
- 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.
- 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., 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. & 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
- 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
- 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.
- Hermann, J. (1783) Tabula affinitatum animalium olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore commentario illustrata com annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium augendam facientibus. J. G. Treuttel, Argentorati, 370 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 58872