Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006b

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 : 50-51

Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006b

Honeycomb Izak Catshark

Holohalaelurus favus Human, 2006b: 36 , figs. 11–12. Holotype: SAIAB [RUSI] 6139. Type location: off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 29°51'S, 31°00'E, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Holohalaelurus regani: Smith, 1949a: 60 (in part); Bass, 1973: 6 (in part); Bass et al., 1975a: 25 (in part); Compagno, 1984b: 338, fig. (in part); Bass, 1986: 93 (in part); Compagno, 1988a: 152 (in part); Compagno et al., 1989: 54, pl. (in part); Compagno, 1999: 98, 119 (in part); Richardson et al., 2000: 553 (in part). Holohalaelurus regani: Compagno et al., 2005: 237 , fig. (northeastern subspecies). Holohalaelurus favus: Human, 2006b: 36 , figs. 11–12; Human, 2010: 25; Ebert, 2013: 182, fig. 244; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 358, fig., pl. 48; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 62, fig.; da Silva et al., 2015: 248; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 877.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB [former RUSI] 6139. Paratype: SAIAB 6138 .

South African distribution: From Durban to the KZN border with Mozambique.

Remarks: A near endemic with a very limited range of about five degrees latitude from about off Durban (KZN) to just northeast of Maputo, Mozambique ( Human, 2006b). This species is of serious conservation concern since a single record from 2007 represents the only contemporary record despite its range being subject to surveys ( Pollom et al., 2020).

Conservation status: EN (2020).