An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
Author
Ebert, David A.
Author
Wintner, Sabine P.
0000-0001-7350-5999
Author
Kyne, Peter M.
0000-0003-4494-2625
debert@mlml.calstate.edu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-17
4947
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Negaprion acutidens
(Rüppell, 1837)
Sicklefin Lemon Shark
Carcharias acutidens
R
̹ppell, 1837: 65, pl. 18 (fig. 3).
Lectotype
:
SMF 2825
(stuffed);
lectotype
designation by
Klausewitz (1960)
. Type locality:
Jeddah
,
Saudi Arabia
, Red Sea.
Local synonymy
:
Negaprion acutidens
:
Smith, 1959: 16
, pl.;
D’Aubrey, 1964a: 23
, pl. 9;
Bass
et al.
, 1975b: 27
, fig. 17;
Compagno, 1984b: 517
, fig.;
Bass
et al
., 1986: 83
, fig. 9.29;
Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 22
;
Compagno, 1988a: 35
;
Compagno
et al.
, 1989: 64
, pl.;
Compagno, 1999: 120
;
Compagno
et al
., 2005
: 315
, fig., pl. 53;
Ebert
et al.
, 2013
a: 493, fig., pl. 64;
Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146
;
Weigmann, 2016: 861
.
South Africa
voucher material
:
SAIAB
6264,
SAIAB
6924.
South African distribution
: Northern KZN.
Remarks
: This shark has been referred to locally as the Kosi
Bay
Shark (
Smith, 1959
;
D’Aubrey, 1964a
). Despite a wide Indo-West Pacific range, it occurs locally only in northern KZN.
Conservation status
: VU (2003).