Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017

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 : 104

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4615082
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scientific name	Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017
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Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017 View in CoL View at ENA

Robin’s Ghostshark

Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017: 511 View in CoL , figs. 1–2. Holotype: SAIAB 200578 About SAIAB . Type locality: Discovery Seamount, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, 43°46'S, 01°21'E.

Local synonymy: Hydrolagus View in CoL sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 120. Hydrolagus erithacus: Walovich et al., 2017: 511 View in CoL , figs. 1–2.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 200578 About SAIAB . Paratypes (8): SAIAB 200579 About SAIAB , SAM 34432, SAM 34434, SAM 34723, SAM 34724, SAM 35442, SAM 35446, SAM 35447 .

South African distribution: Known from the Southeast Atlantic and Southwest Indian oceans, including near Marion Island and Prince Edward Island within the South African exclusive economic zone.

Remarks: Hydrolagus erithacus is the largest known ghostshark to date, exceeding that of H. trolli in length. The species was thought to be similar to what is now known to be H. affinis in South African waters. Presently, it is known from several seamounts in the southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian oceans, but it may prove to be much wider ranging in the Southern Ocean.

Conservation status: DD (2020).