Nebrius ferrugineus ( Lesson, 1831 )

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 : 37-38

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scientific name	Nebrius ferrugineus ( Lesson, 1831 )
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Nebrius ferrugineus ( Lesson, 1831) View in CoL View at ENA

Tawny Nurse Shark

Scyllium ferrugineum Lesson, 1831: 95 View in CoL . Syntypes: location unknown. Type locality: Port Praslin , New Ireland, Bismarck Archipelago; and Offack Bay , Waigeo, Indonesia .

Local synonymy: Nebrius doldi: Smith, 1953: 512 View in CoL , pl. (original description, holotype not saved). Nebrius concolor: Bass et al., 1975c: 44 View in CoL , fig. 21, pl. 14; Bass, 1986: 65, fig. 7.3. Nebrius ferrugineus: Compagno, 1984a: 208 View in CoL , fig.; Compagno et al., 1989: 38, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 196, fig. 161; Compagno et al., 2005: 172, fig., pl. 26; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 271, fig., pl. 35; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Weigmann, 2016: 843.

South Africa voucher material: None.

South Africa distribution: Occurs only marginally in South Africa in northern KZN .

Remarks: Bass et al. (1975c: plate 14) described and illustrated the jaws of a 183 cm TL specimen collected in northern KZN. The species appears to be more common north of South Africa off the East African coast and around WIO islands.

Conservation status: VU (2003).