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Alopias superciliosus
Description
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839)
Bigeye Thresher Shark
Alopecias superciliosus Lowe, 1841: 39. Also Lowe, 1849: 18 (sometimes dated 1839). Holotype: lost. Type locality: Madeira, Eastern Atlantic.
Local synonymy: Alopias superciliosus: Bass et al., 1975c: 38, fig. 19; Gruber & Compagno, 1981: 617; Compagno, 1984a: 231, fig.; Bass, 1986: 102, fig. 16.2; Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 13; Compagno et al., 1989: 42, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 73; Compagno et al., 2005: 180, fig., pl. 29; Ebert, 2013: 155, fig. 188; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 226, fig., pl. 27; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 14, fig.; NPOA, 2013: 50; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 59, fig.; da Silva et al., 2015: 246; Ebert, 2015: 132, fig. 142; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 12, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Compagno, 2016: 1235; Weigmann, 2016: 849.
South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6248 [former ORI 2921], SAIAB 8654, SAM 25543.
South African distribution: Cape Peninsula (WC) to the east coast (KZN).
Remarks: Readily identifiable from other thresher sharks by the arrangement of the eyes which give this species dorsal binocular vision. Caught commercially in various fisheries (NPOA, 2013).
Conservation status: VU (2019).
Notes
Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lowe
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Alopiidae
- Genus
- Alopias
- Species
- superciliosus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1839) sec. Ebert, Wintner & Kyne, 2021
References
- Lowe, R. T. (1839) A supplement to a synopsis of the fishes of Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1839 (Pt. 7), 76 - 92.
- Lowe, R. T. (1841) Certain new species of Madeiran fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1840 (8, o. 89), 36 - 39.
- 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.
- Gruber, S. H. & Compagno, L. J. V. (1981) Taxonomic status and biology of the bigeye thresher, Alopias superciliosus. Fishery Bulletin, 79 (4), 617 - 640.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cliff, G. & Wilson, R. B. (1986) Natal Sharks Board's Field Guide to Sharks and Other Marine Animals. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga Rocks, 57 pp.
- 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
- Heemstra, P. C. & Heemstra, E. (2004) Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, 488 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. (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.
- NPOA. (2013) National Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks (NPOA-Sharks). Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), Rogge Bay, Cape Town, 63 pp.
- Ebert, D. A. & Dando, M. (2014) On Board Guide for the Identification of Pelagic Sharks and Rays of the Western Indian Ocean. SmartFish Programme, FAO, Rome & Indian Ocean Commission, Port Louis, 109 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. (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. & 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
- 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