Nebrius ferrugineus
Description
Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831)
Tawny Nurse Shark
Scyllium ferrugineum Lesson, 1831: 95. Syntypes: location unknown. Type locality: Port Praslin, New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago; and Offack Bay, Waigeo, Indonesia.
Local synonymy: Nebrius doldi: Smith, 1953: 512, pl. (original description, holotype not saved). Nebrius concolor: Bass et al., 1975c: 44, fig. 21, pl. 14; Bass, 1986: 65, fig. 7.3. Nebrius ferrugineus: Compagno, 1984a: 208, fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 38, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 196, fig. 161; Compagno et al., 2005: 172, fig., pl. 26; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 271, fig., pl. 35; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Weigmann, 2016: 843.
South Africa voucher material: None.
South Africa distribution: Occurs only marginally in South Africa in northern KZN.
Remarks: Bass et al. (1975c: plate 14) described and illustrated the jaws of a 183 cm TL specimen collected in northern KZN. The species appears to be more common north of South Africa off the East African coast and around WIO islands.
Conservation status: VU (2003).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lesson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Orectolobiformes
- Family
- Ginglymostomatidae
- Genus
- Nebrius
- Species
- ferrugineus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Lesson, R. P. (1831) Poissons. In: Duperrey, L. I., Voyage autour du monde ... sur la corvette de La Majeste La Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, Zoologie, 2 (Pt. 1), 66 - 238.
- Smith, J. L. B. (1953) The Sea Fishes of Southern Africa. 3 rd Edition. South Africa Central News Agency Ltd., 564 pp.
- Bass, A. J., D'Aubrey, J. D. & Kistnasamy, N. (1975 c) Sharks of the east coast of southern Africa. IV. The families Odontaspididae, Scapanorhynchidae, Isuridae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Orectolobidae and Rhiniodontidae. Investigational Report. Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, 39, 1 - 102.
- Bass, A. J. (1986) Families Chlamydoselachidae, Heterodontidae, Orectolobidae, Rhinicodontidae, Scyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Sphyrnidae, Lamnidae, Cetorhinidae, Alopiidae, Pseudocarchariidae, Squatinidae. In: Smith, M. M. & Heemstra, P. C. (Eds.), Smith's Sea Fishes. Macmillan, Johannesburg, pp. 47 - 48 + 64 - 66 + 87 - 102 + 103 + 107.
- 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. J. V. (2001) Sharks of the World, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Volume 2. Bullhead, Mackerel and Carpet Sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO, Rome, 269 pp.
- 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. & 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