A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Haploblepharus Garman 1913 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
Author
Human, Brett A.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1451
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.176248
a273c73d-75c7-456d-a815-a47a8768428b
1175-5326
176248
Key to the species of the genus
Haploblepharus
(based on
type
material and mature specimens only)
1a. Snout acutely rounded, often coming to a point in adults; body slender and compressed to moderately depressed in adults; less than 70 tooth rows total in upper jaw of adults.................................................... 2
1b. Snout broadly rounded, not coming to a point in adults; body stocky and moderately to greatly depressed in adults; more than 75 tooth rows total in upper jaw of adults .................................................................. 3
2a. Body moderately depressed; head width at pectoral fin origin 1.31 times or greater than head height at pectoral fin origin; abdomen width 0.95 times or greater than abdomen height
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H. edwardsii
2b. Body weakly depressed to weakly compressed; head width at pectoral fin origin 1.29 times or less than head height at pectoral fin origin; abdomen width 0.90 times or less than abdomen height
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H. kistnasamyi
3a. Saddles and/or spotting always present, saddles and spots usually occurring together, saddles and spots obvious when present; 84 or more tooth rows total in upper jaw
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H. pictus
3b. Saddles or spotting usually not present, saddles and spots rarely occurring together, saddles and spots inconspicuous when present; 83 or less tooth rows total in upper jaw..........................................
H. fuscus