Carcharhinus plumbeus ( Nardo, 1827 )

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 : 65

Carcharhinus plumbeus ( Nardo, 1827)

Sandbar Shark

Squalus plumbeus Nardo, 1827: 26 , 35 (no. 24). No types known. Type locality: Adriatic Sea.

Local synonymy: Carcharhinus milberti: D’Aubrey, 1964a: 30 , pl. 14; Davies, 1964: 194; Garrick, 1967: 89. Carcharhinus plumbeus: Bass et al., 1973: 65 , fig. 26; Garrick, 1982: 132, figs. 60–62; Compagno, 1984b: 493, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 76, fig. 9.15; Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 17; Compagno, 1988a: 7; Compagno et al., 1989: 62, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120, Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 60; Compagno et al., 2005: 304, fig., pl. 58; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 473, fig., pl. 65; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 43, fig.; da Silva et al., 2015: 246; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Compagno, 2016: 1296; Weigmann, 2016: 858.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6085, SAIAB 6086, SAIAB 6088, SAIAB 6235, SAIAB 19822, SAIAB 99188, SAIAB 201702.

South African distribution: Algoa Bay (EC) to the KZN border with Mozambique.

Remarks: A common species in KZN and to the north, but a seasonal visitor to eastern Cape during the summer.

Conservation status: VU (2009).