Squalus bassi Viana, de Carvalho, & Ebert, 2017

Long-snouted African Dogfish

Squalus bassi Viana, de Carvalho, & Ebert, 2017: 4, figs. 1–6. Holotype: SAM 33476. Type locality: near Agulhas Bank, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 36.21°S, 20.04°E.

Local synonymy: Acanthias blainvillei: Bleeker, 1860b: 57; Gilchrist, 1902 (in part): 166; Thompson, 1914 (in part): 149. Squalus acutipinnis: Thompson, 1914 (in part): 152; Barnard, 1925 (in part): 48. Squalus fernandinus: Gilchrist, 1922b (in part): 48; Smith, 1949a (in part): 60. Squalus blainvillei: Bass et al., 1976 (in part): 15, fig. 10; Ebert et al., 2002: 355. Squalus blainville: Chen et al., 1979: 39; Weigmann, 2016: 902. Squalus mitsukurii: Compagno, 1984a: 121, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 62, fig. 5.27; Compagno et al., 1989: 22, pl.; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 53; Compagno et al., 2005: 77, fig., pl. 3; Ebert, 2013: 57, fig. 62; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 92, fig., pl. 4; NPOA, 2013: 39; Compagno, 2016 (in part): 1157, fig. 4; Veríssimo et al., 2017: 414. Squalus cf. mitsukurii: Compagno et al., 1991 (in part): 44; Ebert et al., 1992: 606; Compagno, 1999: 114; Naylor et al., 2012a: 57; Pickering & Caira, 2012: 107; da Silva et al., 2015: 248; Ebert, 2015: 58, fig. 59; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 19, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144. Squalus bassi: Viana et al., 2017: 4, figs. 1–6; Viana & de Carvalho, 2018: 629.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAM 33476. Paratypes: SAIAB 25923, SAIAB 25924, SAIAB 26419, SAIAB 26420, SAIAB 26421, SAIAB 53305, SAM 32611, SAM 33150, SAM 33153, SAM 33154, SAM 34004, SAM 38042, SAM 41904 (formerly SAM 33476). Non-types: (voucher specimens from Viana et al., 2017) SAIAB 21872, SAIAB 25339, SAIAB 25340, SAIAB 25341, SAIAB 25342, SAIAB 26321, SAIAB 26322, SAIAB 26418, SAIAB 203801 (formerly SAIAB 186461), SAIAB 188839, SAM 33155, SAM 33197, SAM 33283, SAM 36412, SAM 38283, SAM 39883, SAM 39885.

South Africa distribution: The Orange River (NC) to KZN, but most common along the west and south coasts of South Africa.

Remarks: Squalus mitsukurii appears to be restricted to the northeastern Pacific while S. bassi, previously referred to as this species, is restricted to the southern African region.

Conservation status: LC (2020).