Loxodon macrorhinus (Müller & Henle, 1839)

Sliteye Shark

Loxodon macrorhinus M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 61, pl. 25. Holotype: ZMB 4479. Type locality: unknown (probably Indian Ocean).

Local synonymy: Loxodon macrorhinus: Bass et al., 1975b: 37, fig. 22; Compagno, 1984b: 514, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 80, fig. 9.25; Compagno, 1988a: 16; Compagno et al., 1989: 68, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120; Compagno et al., 2005: 314, fig., pl. 60; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 492, fig., pl. 73; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Weigmann, 2016: 861.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6178, SAIAB 6202, SAIAB 6211.

South African distribution: Northern KZN.

Remarks:A small coastal tropical species with a wide Indo-West Pacific range but occurring locally only in northern KZN.

Conservation status: LC (2003).

Genus Negaprion Whitley, 1940

Lemon Sharks

Negaprion Whitley, 1940: 111 . Type species: Aprionodon acutidens queenslandicus Whitley, 1939 b, by original designation, a junior synonym of Negaprion acutidens (R̹ppell, 1837).