Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909
| 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/4697800 |
Daftar Isi:
- Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909 Atlantic Spearnose Ghostshark Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909: 279. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1910.9.17.4. Type locality: Irish Atlantic Slope off southwest Ireland, 50°32'– 50°28'N, 11°34'– 11°28'W. Local synonymy: Rhinochimaera atlantica: Penrith, 1969: 66 (in part, including R. africana); Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part); Compagno, 1986: 146, fig. 33.3; Compagno et al., 1989: 122, pl.; Compagno et al., 1990: 205, fig. 6; Compagno et al., 1991: 116; Compagno, 1999: 120; Didier et al., 2012: 100; Ebert, 2014: 104, fig. 168; Ebert, 2015: 204, fig. 235; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 1006. Rhinochimaera pacifica: Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part). South Africa voucher material: Numerous uncatalogued specimens at SAIAB and SAM. South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Plettenberg Bay (WC); records from off northern KZN are R. africana. Remarks: This species is relatively common off the west coast where it is usually caught in large aggregations of the same sex and size at over 700 m deep. Conservation status: LC (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 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567