Squalus edwardsii Schinz, 1822: 214
Squalus edwardsii
Schinz, 1822: 214
Scyllium edwardsii
Bleeker, 1860b: 57
Gilchrist, 1902: 164
Scyllium edwardsii
Voigt, in Cuvier, 1832: 504
Catulus edwardii
Smith, 1837: 85
Scyliorhinus edwardsii
Regan, 1908b: 463
Scylliorhinus edwardsi
Thompson, 1914: 137
Barnard, 1925: 41
Scylliorhinus edwardsii
Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 283
Gilchrist, 1922a: 4
Haploblepharus edwardsii
Smith, 1950: 879
H. kistnasamyi
H. edwardsii
H. kistnassamyi
Compagno et al ., 2005
da Silva et al ., 2015: 248
Haploblepharus edwardsii
Smith, 1950: 54
H. fuscus
An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa
Ebert, David A.
Wintner, Sabine P.
Kyne, Peter M.
Zootaxa
2021
2021-03-17
4947
1
1
127
(Schinz, 1822)
Schinz
1822
[151,631,1518,1545]
Elasmobranchii
Pentanchidae
Haploblepharus
Animalia
Carcharhiniformes
47
48
Chordata
species
edwardsii
Squalus edwardsii Schinz, 1822: 214(in van Oijen, 2001). Neotype: SAM 36079. Type locality: Millers Point, False Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 34°14'S, 18°28.6'E. Local synonymy: Squalus edwardsii: Schinz, 1822: 214. Scyllium edwardsii: M̹ller & Henle, 1838c: 4, pl.; Gray, 1851: 28; Duméril, 1853: 79; Bleeker, 1860b: 57; G̹nther, 1870: 401; Gilchrist, 1902: 164; Lampe, 1914: 213. Scyllium edwardsii: Voigt, in Cuvier, 1832: 504(in van Oijen, 2001). Catulus edwardii: Smith, 1837: 85. Scyliorhinus edwardsii: Regan, 1908b: 463. Scylliorhinus edwardsi: Thompson, 1914: 137; Barnard, 1925: 41. Scylliorhinus edwardsii: Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 283; Gilchrist, 1922a: 4. Haploblepharus edwardsii: Smith, 1950: 879, fig. 1; Smith, 1965: 512, fig. 39a; Bass et al., 1975a: 17, fig. 11a (in part, illustration is actually H. kistnasamyi); Springer, 1979: 88; Compagno, 1984b: 332, fig.; Bass, 1986: 91, (fig. 11.8 caption as H. edwardsiiis actually H. kistnassamyi); Compagno, 1988a: 15; Compagno et al., 1989: 50, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 119; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 66; Compagno et al., 2005: 234, fig., pl. 40; Human & Compagno, 2006: 41; Human, 2007: 7, fig. 3; Ebert et al., 2013a: 354, fig., pl. 48; NPOA, 2013: 46; da Silva et al., 2015: 248; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 876. (non) Haploblepharus edwardsii: Smith, 1950: 54, fig. 39 (= H. fuscus).
South Africavoucher material: Human (2007)provides an extensive list of specimens in the SAM. South African distribution: Endemic. This species is confirmed from Langebaan Lagoon (WC) to Algoa Bay(EC) ( Human, 2007), but is most common from False Bayto southeast of CapeAgulhas (WC). Records of this species from East London (EC) could be this species or more likely H. kistnasamyi( Human, 2007).
Remarks: This species was the most common Haploblepharusspecies between False Bayand Hermanus (WC) during the 1980s and early 1990s, but in recent years appears to have been replaced in this area by H. pictusdue to cooling oceanographic conditions. Conservation status: EN (2020).