Galeus polli Cadenat, 1959

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 : 47

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).