Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906

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 : 31

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scientific name	Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906
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Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906 View in CoL View at ENA

Roughskin Dogfish

Centroscymnus owstonii Garman, 1906: 207 View in CoL . Holotype (unique): MCZ 1037 About MCZ -S [ex Owston #7693]. Type locality: Sagami Bay , Japan.

Local synonymy: Centroscymnus owstonii: Compagno, 1999: 115 View in CoL ; Compagno et al., 2005: 112, fig., pl. 10; Ebert, 2013: 89, fig. 126; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 151, fig., pl. 13; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 37, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 89, fig. 106; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 33, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; White et al., 2015: 214; Compagno, 2016: 1195; Weigmann, 2016b: 899; Weigmann et al., 2016: 641.

South Africa voucher material: Uncatalogued specimens at SAM.

South Africa distribution: Mossel Bay (WC) but likely more wide-ranging.

Remarks: Most previous records of this species from South Africa were misidentifications with either C. coelolepis or C. crepidater , but a few specimens of this species were caught in very deep water off Mossel Bay. This record, along with several specimens caught east of South Africa on the Walters Shoal and Madagascar Ridge, confirm the widespread distribution of this species.

Conservation status: VU (2018).