Galeus polli Cadenat 1959
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Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959
African Sawtail Catshark
Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959: 396, figs. 1–4, 7–18. Syntypes: (17, plus young) MNHN 1959-0044; MNHN 1959- 0045. Type locality: off Senegal, West Africa.
Local synonymy: Galeus polli: Compagno et al., 2005: 299, fig., pl. 37; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 345, fig., pl. 45; Ebert, 2015: 148, fig. 163; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 47, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Compagno, 2016: 1265, fig.; Weigmann, 2016: 875.
South Africa voucher material: Uncatalogued specimens at SAM from the Northern Cape Province, west coast of South Africa.
South African distribution: Known from a few specimens collected during research survey cruises south of the Orange River, off the NC, west coast of South Africa (Ebert, 2015).
Remarks: The species is most common from about central Namibia northwards, but is less common south of L̹deritz, Namibia, where it is replaced by Holohalaelurus regani and Scyliorhinus capensis (Compagno et al., 1991; Ebert, 2015).
Conservation status: LC (2004).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MNHN , SAM
- Material sample ID
- MNHN 1959- 0045 , MNHN 1959-0044
- Scientific name authorship
- Cadenat
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Scyliorhinidae
- Genus
- Galeus
- Species
- polli
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959 sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- 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., 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. (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
- 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