Halaelurus lineatus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1975a

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 : 47-48

Halaelurus lineatus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1975a

Lined Catshark

Halaelurus lineatus Bass, D’Aubrey, & Kistnasamy, 1975a: 12 , figs, 8, 20e. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 6148 [ex ORI 2935 ].

Local synonymy: Halaelurus lineatus: Bass et al., 1975a: 12 , figs. 8, 20e; Springer, 1979: 79; Compagno, 1984b: 327, fig.; Bass, 1986: 90, fig. 11.5; Compagno, 1988a: 147; Compagno et al., 1989: 52, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 66; Compagno et al., 2005: 233, fig., pl. 39; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 351, fig., pl. 47; NPOA, 2013: 45; da Silva et al., 2015: 248; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 876.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 6148 [ex ORI 2935 ]. Paratypes: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 6161 [ex ORI 2614 ] (1, hatched from egg case), 6162 [ex ORI 2619 ] (1, hatched from egg case), 6147 [ex ORI 2936 ] .

South African distribution: East London (EC) to the KZN border with Mozambique.

Remarks: A common coastal catshark frequently caught by shore anglers and by commercial offshore trawlers.

Conservation status: LC (2019).