Halaelurus natalensis ( Regan, 1904 )

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 : 48

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scientific name	Halaelurus natalensis ( Regan, 1904 )
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Halaelurus natalensis ( Regan, 1904) View in CoL View at ENA

Tiger Catshark

Scyllium natalense Regan, 1904: 128 View in CoL . Syntypes: (2 specimens) BMNH 1904.6 .28.29 (1). Type locality: KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa.

Local synonymy: Scyllium natalense View in CoL : Regan, 1904: 128. Scyliorhinus natalensis : Regan, 1908a: 241; Regan, 1908b: 461; Fowler, 1936 a: 361. Scylliorhinus natalensis : Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911: 55; Thompson, 1914: 138; Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916: 283; Gilchrist, 1921: 56; Gilchrist, 1922b: 44 (in part with H. lineatus View in CoL ?); von Bonde, 1923: 4 (in part with H. lineatus View in CoL ?); Barnard, 1925: 43; von Bonde, 1934: 15; Barnard, 1947: 16. Halaelurus natalensis: Garman, 1913: 84 View in CoL ; Fowler, 1941: 45; Smith, 1949a: 54, pl. 2; Smith, 1965: 54, pl. 2; Springer & D’Aubrey, 1972: 3; Bass et al., 1975a: 14, figs. 9, 20f; Springer, 1979: 83, figs. 48–50; Compagno, 1984b: 330, fig.; Bass, 1986: 91, fig. 11.7, pl. 3; Compagno, 1988a: 147; Compagno et al., 1989: 52, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 78; Compagno, 1999: 119; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 66; Compagno et al., 2005: 233, fig., pl. 39; Ebert et al., 2013 a: 352, fig., pl. 47; NPOA, 2013: 45; da Silva et al., 2015: 248; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Weigmann, 2016: 876.

South Africa voucher material: Syntypes: BMNH 1904.6 .28.29 (2 specimens). Non-types: SAIAB 6154 View Materials , SAIAB 6155 View Materials , SAIAB 6156 View Materials , SAIAB 6157 View Materials , SAIAB 6158 View Materials , SAIAB 6159 View Materials , SAIAB 6363 View Materials , SAIAB 6859 View Materials , SAIAB 6860 View Materials , SAIAB 6861 View Materials , SAIAB 6862 View Materials , SAIAB 6863 View Materials , SAIAB 6864 View Materials , SAIAB 6865 View Materials , SAIAB 6866 View Materials , SAIAB 6867 View Materials , SAIAB 6868 View Materials , SAIAB 6869 View Materials , SAIAB 6870 View Materials , SAIAB 6871 View Materials , SAIAB 6872 View Materials , SAIAB 6873 View Materials , SAIAB 6874 View Materials , SAIAB 6875 View Materials , SAIAB 6876 View Materials , SAIAB 6877 View Materials , SAIAB 6878 View Materials , SAIAB 6879 View Materials , SAIAB 6880 View Materials , SAIAB 6881 View Materials , SAIAB 6882 View Materials , SAIAB 6883 View Materials , SAIAB 6884 View Materials , SAIAB 6885 View Materials , SAIAB 6886 View Materials , SAIAB 6887 View Materials , SAIAB 7559 View Materials , SAIAB 7618 View Materials , SAIAB 7619 View Materials , SAIAB 7620 View Materials , SAIAB 7621 View Materials , SAIAB 7622 View Materials , SAIAB 7623 View Materials , SAIAB 7624 View Materials , SAIAB 7834 View Materials , SAIAB 8264 View Materials .

South African distribution: Endemic. Cape Point (WC) to East London (EC), but may possibly extend to Saldanha Bay (WC) in the west and eastwards to KZN.

Remarks: The species is most common off the southern and eastern Cape coasts, but records for extreme locations on the west and east coasts require confirmation.

Conservation status: VU (2020).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Scyliorhinidae
Genus	Halaelurus