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
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Carcharhinus plumbeus
(
Nardo, 1827
)
Sandbar Shark
Squalus plumbeus
Nardo, 1827: 26
, 35 (no. 24). No
types
known.
Type
locality: Adriatic Sea.
Local synonymy
:
Carcharhinus milberti
:
D’Aubrey, 1964a: 30
, pl. 14;
Davies, 1964: 194
;
Garrick, 1967: 89
.
Carcharhinus plumbeus
:
Bass
et al.
, 1973: 65
, fig. 26;
Garrick, 1982: 132
, figs. 60–62;
Compagno, 1984b: 493
, fig.;
Bass
et al
., 1986: 76
, fig. 9.15;
Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 17
;
Compagno, 1988a: 7
;
Compagno
et al
., 1989: 62
, pl.;
Compagno, 1999: 120
,
Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 60
;
Compagno
et al
., 2005
: 304
, fig., pl. 58;
Ebert
et al.
, 2013
a: 473, fig., pl. 65;
Ebert & Dando, 2014: 43
, fig.;
da Silva
et al
., 2015: 246
;
Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146
;
Compagno, 2016: 1296
;
Weigmann, 2016: 858
.
South Africa
voucher material
:
SAIAB
6085,
SAIAB
6086,
SAIAB
6088,
SAIAB
6235,
SAIAB
19822,
SAIAB
99188,
SAIAB
201702.
South African distribution
: Algoa Bay (EC) to the KZN border with
Mozambique
.
Remarks
: A common species in KZN and to the north, but a seasonal visitor to
eastern Cape
during the summer.
Conservation status
: VU (2009).