Centrophorus granulosus ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 )

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 : 24

Centrophorus granulosus ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Gulper Shark

Squalus granulosus Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 135 . Holotype: ZMB, location unknown. Type locality: no locality. Neotype: AMNH 78263 . Type locality: Puerto Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands, Spain; neotype designation by White et al. (2013).

Local synonymy: Centrophorus lusitanicus: Bass et al., 1976: 32 , fig. 23; Compagno, 1984a: 39, fig.; Bass et al., 1986: 50, fig. 5.2; Compagno et al., 1989: 24, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 114; Compagno et al., 2005: 85, fig., pl. 4; Ebert, 2013: 68, fig. 80; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 103, fig., pl. 6; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 25, fig.; Compagno, 2016: 1171; Weigmann, 2016: 890. Centrophorus granulosus: Bass et al., 1986: 50 , fig. 5.1; Compagno et al., 1991: 51; Ebert et al., 1992: 603; Compagno, 1999: 114; Compagno et al., 2005: 82, fig., pl. 4; Ebert, 2013: 70, fig. 88; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 102, fig., pl. 6; Ebert & Mostarda, 2013: 25, fig.; White et al., 2013: 43, figs. 3–9, 15a; Ebert, 2015: 63, fig. 67; Ebert & Mostarda, 2015: 20, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Compagno, 2016: 1170; Weigmann, 2016: 889. Centrophorus niaukang: Compagno, 1999: 114 ; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 104, fig., pl. 6.

South Africa voucher material: SAM 36184, SAM uncatalogued. Specimens in South African museum collection should be re-examined to confirm their identification.

South Africa distribution: Occurs from off the Orange River (NC) to the KZN border with Mozambique.

Remarks: Prior to White et al. (2013, 2017) clarifying the status of C. granulosus , most large South African Centrophorus species were referred to as C. lusitanicus ( Bass et al., 1976, Compagno et al., 1989). However, White et al. (2017) determined that C. lusitanicus is a junior synonym of C. granulosus .

Conservation status: EN (2020).