Deania quadrispinosa
Description
Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915)
Longsnout Dogfish
Acanthidium quadrispinosum McCulloch, 1915: 100, pl. 14, figs. 5–8. Type: ???. Type locality: Great Australian Bight, southern Australia.
Local synonymy: Acanthidium quadrispinosum: Smith, 1937: 168, fig. 1. Deania eglantina: Smith, 1949a: 58, fig. 49. (in part = D. profundorum); Smith, 1965: 58, fig. 49. Deania quadrispinosa: Penrith, 1969: 62; Ebert, 2013: 75, fig. 93; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 109, fig., pl. 7; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 28, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 66, fig. 71; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 22, fig.; Compagno, 2016: 1177; Weigmann, 2016: 891. Deania quadrispinosum: Bass et al., 1976: 37, fig. 29 (caption as D. quadrispinosa); Compagno, 1984a: 68, fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 26, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 60; Compagno, 1999: 114; Compagno et al., 2005: 89, pl. 5; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144. Deania quadrispinosus: Bass et al., 1986: 54, fig. 5.10.
South Africa voucher material: SAM uncatalogued, collected during research survey and reported by Compagno et al. (1991).
South Africa distribution: A few scattered records from off Cape Town (WC), Algoa Bay (EC), and northern KZN.
Remarks: Records from South Africa are few; this species appears to be more common off Mozambique and Madagascar.
Conservation status: VU (2020).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- McCulloch
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Centrophoridae
- Genus
- Deania
- Species
- quadrispinosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Deania quadrispinosa (McCulloch, 1915) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- McCulloch, A. R. (1915) Report on some fishes obtained by the F. I. S. " Endeavour " on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South and South-Western Australia, Part III. Biological Results Endeavour, 3, 97 - 170.
- 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.
- Penrith, M. J. (1969) New records of deep-water fishes from South West Africa. Cimbebasia, Series A, 1 (3), 59 - 75.
- 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.
- 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. & Mostarda, E. (2013) Identification Guide to the Deep-sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean. FishFinder Programme, FAO, Rome, 76 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 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
- Bass, A. J. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1986) Families Echinorhinidae, Proscyllidae, Odontaspidiidae, Mitsukurinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 63 + 103 + 104 - 105.