? Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986

Whitetail Dogfish

Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986: 120, figs. 1–2. Holotype: FUMT-P 197. Type locality: South Indian Ocean, 45°S, 92°E.

Local synonymy: Scymnodalatias albicauda: Compagno et al., 2005: 114, fig., pl. 11; Ebert, 2013: 96, fig. 135; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 153, fig., pl. 14; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 45, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 87, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 93, fig. 110; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 39, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 899.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South Africa distribution: Southwest of South Africa (Ebert, 2013, 2015). Presence in South African waters requires confirmation.

Remarks: Reported from a few scattered records southwest of South Africa, there are no voucher specimens in museum collections confirming its presence in South African waters (Ebert, 2013; 2015).

Conservation status: DD (2018).

Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

Sleeper Sharks

Somniosus Lesueur, 1818: 222. Type species: Somniosus brevipinna, Lesueur, 1818 by monotypy; synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).

Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

Sleeper Sharks

Somniosus Lesueur, 1818: 222. Type species: Somniosus brevipinna, Lesueur, 1818 by monotypy; synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).