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
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-17
4947
1
1
127
journal article
7365
10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
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Genus
Odontaspis
Agassiz, 1838
Deep-sea Sand Tiger Sharks
Odontaspis
Agassiz, 1838: 86
, 87.
Type
confirmed by ICZN, on Official List (Opinion 723).
Type
species:
Carcharias ferox
Risso, 1827
, by monotypy, equals
Squalus ferox
Risso, 1810
. This genus takes precedence over
Carcharias
Rafinesque, 1810a
when the two were considered synonyms, by special endorsement in Opinion 1469.3 (ICZN, 1987).