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).