Centroscyllium fabricii
Description
Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825)
Black Dogfish
Spinax fabricii Reinhardt, 1825: 3. Syntypes: ZMUC P 07106 [ex 185] (1 stuffed). Type locality: Julianehåb, Greenland, western North Atlantic.
Local synonymy: Centroscyllium fabricii: Compagno, 1984a: 47, fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 28, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 56; Ebert et al., 1992: 603; Compagno, 1999: 114; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 122, fig., pl. 8; NPOA, 2013: 37; Ebert, 2015: 71, fig. 77; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 24, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Compagno, 2016: 1185; Weigmann, 2016: 893.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 25708, SAIAB 25736, SAIAB 26338, SAIAB 26339, SAIAB 26340, SAIAB 26424, SAIAB 26425, SAIAB 26426, SAIAB 26427, SAIAB 26428, SAIAB 26429, SAIAB 27183, SAIAB 30309.
South Africa distribution: From the Orange River (NC) to southwest of Cape Agulhas (WC).
Remarks: Compagno (1984a) reported the first South African record of this species from off the southwestern Cape. Previous southern African records were from off Namibia (Bass et al., 1976). This is one of the most common species of deep-sea lanternsharks off the South African west coast.
Conservation status: LC (2020).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ZMUC
- Scientific name authorship
- Reinhardt
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Etmopteridae
- Genus
- Centroscyllium
- Species
- fabricii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Centroscyllium fabricii (Reinhardt, 1825) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Reinhardt, J. C. H. (1825) Ichthyologiske bidrag. In: H. C. Orsted. Oversigt over det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger og dets Medlemmers Arbeider (KjObenhavn), 1824 - 25, pp. 1 - 35.
- 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.
- 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., 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
- Ebert, D. A., Compagno, L. J. V. & Cowley, P. D. (1992) A preliminary investigation of the feeding ecology of squaloid sharks off the west coast of southern Africa. South African Journal of Marine Science, 12, 601 - 609. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 02577619209504727
- 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., 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.
- 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. (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
- 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.