Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker 1860
| Main Authors: | Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2021
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4693686 |
Daftar Isi:
- Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860a Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860a: 3. Holotype: RMNH 7415. Type locality: Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia, southwestern Pacific. Local synonymy: Atractophorus armatus: Gilchrist, 1922b: 48, fig. 3, pl. 7 (original description, Natal, South Africa); Smith, 1949a: 57, fig. 47; Smith, 1965: 57, fig. 47. Centrophorus armatus: Smith, 1967b: 124, pl. 28. Centrophorus scalpratus: Bass et al., 1976: 29, fig. 21; Bass et al., 1986: 51, fig. 5.3. Centrophorus moluccensis: Compagno, 1984a: 40, fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 24, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 114; Compagno et al., 2005: 85, fig., pl. 4; Ebert, 2013: 72, fig. 90; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 104, fig., pl. 6; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 25, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 890. South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6006 [former ORI 2673], SAIAB 6009 [former ORI 1020]. South Africa distribution: Off Durban (KZN) and north to the border with Mozambique. Remarks: First described as a new species (Atractophorus armatus) by Gilchrist (1922b), it has gone by several different scientific names in South Africa, but all are referable to C. moluccensis. This species was very common off northern KZN and southern Mozambique (Bass et al., 1976). Conservation status: VU (2020).
- 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 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567