Eridacnis sinuans ( Smith, 1957a )

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 : 55

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scientific name	Eridacnis sinuans ( Smith, 1957a )
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Eridacnis sinuans ( Smith, 1957a) View in CoL

African Ribbontail Catshark

Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957a: 262 , Fig. 2 Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 31. Off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean.

Local synonymy: Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957a: 262 , fig. 2 (original description, off Durban, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa); Smith, 1961a: 565, fig. 16a, pl. 108; Smith, 1964: 284; Smith, 1965: 565, fig. 16a, pl. 108. Eridacnis sinuans: Bass et al., 1975b: 12 , fig. 6; Compagno, 1984b: 374, fig.; Bass & Compagno, 1986: 88, fig. 10.3; Compagno, 1988a: 185; Compagno et al., 1989: 54, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119; Compagno et al., 2005: 256, fig., pl. 43; Ebert, 2013: 191, fig. 257; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 389, fig., pl. 53; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 68, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Weigmann, 2016: 865.

South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB [former RUSI] 31. Non-types: SAIAB 6095 View Materials [ex ORI 1533 View Materials ], SAIAB 6098 View Materials [ex ORI 1023 View Materials ], SAIAB 6099 View Materials [ex ORI 1529 View Materials ], SAIAB 6100 View Materials [ex ORI 1485 View Materials ], SAIAB 6102 View Materials [ex ORI 1107 View Materials ], SAIAB 6103 View Materials [ex ORI 1108 View Materials ], SAIAB 6749 View Materials [ex ORI 1311 View Materials ], SAIAB 6750 View Materials [ex ORI 1314 View Materials ], SAIAB 6751 View Materials [ex ORI 1318 View Materials ], SAIAB 6752 View Materials [ex ORI 1504 View Materials ], SAIAB 6753 View Materials [ex ORI 1507 View Materials ], SAIAB 6754 View Materials [ex ORI 1580 View Materials ], SAIAB 6755 View Materials [ex ORI 1581 View Materials ], SAIAB 6756 View Materials [ex ORI 1583 View Materials ], SAIAB 6757 View Materials [ex ORI 1589 View Materials ], SAIAB 6758 View Materials [ex ORI 163 View Materials ], SAIAB 6759 View Materials [ex ORI 1827 View Materials ], SAIAB 6760 View Materials [ex ORI 1865 View Materials ], SAIAB 39887 View Materials .

South African distribution: Central to northern KZN.

Remarks: Smith (1957a) described a new genus ( Neotriakis ) for this species, but subsequent reviews determined it to be in the genus Eridacnis ( Compagno, 1970, 1984b, 1988a; Bass et al., 1975b). The species appears to be relatively common in KZN waters, but also occurs off Mozambique and Tanzania.

Conservation status: LC (2019).