Euprotomicrus bispinatus ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 )

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 : 35

Euprotomicrus bispinatus ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Pygmy Shark

Scymnus bispinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824: 197 , figs. 1–2, pl. 44. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1216. Type locality: Mauritius, Mascarenes , southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Euprotomicrus bispinatus: Bass et al., 1976: 47 , fig. 34; Compagno, 1984a: 90, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 58, fig. 5.18; Compagno et al., 1989: 34, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 115; Compagno et al., 2005: 126, fig., pl. 14; Ebert, 2013: 111, fig. 150; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 169, fig., pl. 17; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 48, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 81, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 107, fig. 124; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 41, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Compagno, 2016: 1211, fig.; Weigmann, 2016: 892.

South Africa voucher material: SAIAB 6290 [formerly ORI 2621], SAM 26071.

South Africa distribution: Known from off Cape Town (WC) and off Port Shepstone (KZN).

Remarks: Bass et al. (1976) reported two specimens, a 14.8 cm TL immature male taken off the KZN coast at the surface over very deep water at night and a 21.2 cm TL mature male taken 800 km northwest of Cape Town.

Conservation status: LC (2015).