Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959

African Sawtail Catshark

Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959: 396, figs. 1–4, 7–18. Syntypes: (17, plus young) MNHN 1959-0044; MNHN 1959- 0045 . Type locality: off Senegal, West Africa .

Local synonymy: Galeus polli: Compagno et al., 2005: 299, fig., pl. 37; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 345, fig., pl. 45; Ebert, 2015: 148, fig. 163; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 47, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Compagno, 2016: 1265, fig.; Weigmann, 2016: 875.

South Africa voucher material: Uncatalogued specimens at SAM from the Northern Cape Province, west coast of South Africa .

South African distribution: Known from a few specimens collected during research survey cruises south of the Orange River, off the NC, west coast of South Africa (Ebert, 2015).

Remarks: The species is most common from about central Namibia northwards, but is less common south of L̹deritz, Namibia, where it is replaced by Holohalaelurus regani and Scyliorhinus capensis (Compagno et al., 1991; Ebert, 2015).

Conservation status: LC (2004).