Scylliogaleus quecketti Boulenger, 1902

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 58

Scylliogaleus quecketti Boulenger, 1902

Flapnose Houndshark

Scylliogaleus quecketti Boulenger, 1902: 51 , pl. 4. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1903.2 .6.21. Type locality: off Umkomaas , KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Scylliogaleus quecketti: Boulenger, 1902: 51 , pl. 4; Garman, 1913: 179; Fowler, 1941: 210; Barnard, 1947: 10, fig. 7, pl. 1; Smith, 1950: 878; Smith, 1957c: 353, figs. 1a, b; Bass et al., 1975b: 13, fig. 8; Compagno, 1984b: 427, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 85, fig. 9.34; Compagno, 1988a: 16; Compagno et al., 1989: 56, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119; Compagno et al., 2005: 280, fig., pl. 45; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 427, fig., pl. 55; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146, Weigmann, 2016: 886. Scylliogaleus queketti: Boulenger, 1903: 63 ; Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 283; Barnard, 1925: 31, pl. 1; Barnard, 1927: 1013; von Bonde, 1934: 14; Smith, 1949a: 44; fig. 16; Smith, 1965: 44; fig. 16.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6096 [ex ORI 2096], SAIAB 6097 [ex ORI 1121], SAIAB 6109 [ex ORI 2096], SAIAB 6110 [ex ORI 2587], SAIAB 6213 [ex ORI 754], SAIAB 6214 [ex ORI 2586], SAIAB 6227, SAIAB 6978 [ex ORI 2074], SAIAB 6979 [ex ORI 2096], SAIAB 6980 [ex ORI 1121], SAIAB 12822, SAIAB 12977, SAIAB 14915, SAIAB 16308, SAIAB 19430, SAIAB 99204, SAIAB 99205.

South African distribution: Endemic. Known only from East London (EC) to Richards Bay (KZN) .

Remarks: This species has a very restricted nearshore coastal distribution.

Conservation status: VU (2019).