Dalatias licha
Description
Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Kitefin Shark
Squalus licha Bonnaterre, 1788: 12. Holotype: Lost. Type locality: Capbreton, north of Bayonne, France, northeastern Atlantic Ocean.
Local synonymy: Scymnorhinus brevipinnis: Smith, 1936: 1, figs. 1–2. Scymnorhinus licha: Bass et al., 1986: 60, fig. 5.22. Dalatias licha: Smith, 1949a: 56, fig. 46; Smith, 1965: 56, fig. 46; Bass et al., 1976: 41; Compagno, 1984a: 63, fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 34, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 115; Compagno et al., 2005: 125, fig., pl. 14; Ebert, 2013: 109, fig. 148; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 297, fig., pl. 17; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 47, fig.; da Silva et al., 2015: 246; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 892.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 27 (Holotype of Dalatias brevipinnis). SAIAB 6057, SAIAB 6059, SAIAB 6236, SAIAB 99092, SAM 25555, SAIAB 189052.
South Africa distribution: Off Algoa Bay (EC) to Kosi Bay (KZN).
Remarks: Smith (1936) described Dalatias brevipinnis (Holotype SAIAB 27) from three specimens taken off Algoa Bay, 35 miles south of Cape Recife (EC). However, Smith (1949a) later placed his species in synonymy with D. licha. A common species off KZN and southern Mozambique, its range extends to off Algoa Bay where it is found in deep water over 400 m. Although it not very common in the EC, Bass et al. (1976) reported about five specimens that had been caught off Port Elizabeth.
Conservation status: VU (2018).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SAIAB , SAM
- Material sample ID
- SAIAB 189052 , SAIAB 27 , SAIAB 6057 , SAIAB 6059 , SAIAB 6236 , SAIAB 99092
- Scientific name authorship
- Bonnaterre
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squaliformes
- Family
- Dalatiidae
- Genus
- Dalatias
- Species
- licha
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre, 1788) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788) Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature. Ichthyologie, Paris, 215 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11660
- Smith, J. L. B. (1936) Two interesting new fishes from South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 14 (1), 1 - 6. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359193609518910
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. (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. (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.
- da Silva C., Booth, A. J., Dudley, S. F. J., Kerwath, S. E., Lamberth, S. J., Leslie, R. W., McCord, M. E., Sauer, W. H. H. & Zweig, T. (2015) A description and updated overview of the status and management of South Africa's chondrichthyan fisheries. South African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 233 - 248. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1044471
- 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