Isurus paucus Guitart 1966

• Main Authors: Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Lamniformes; Lamnidae; Isurus; Isurus paucus; Lamna; Indian; Harper; Port Louis; Poissons Les; Porbeagle
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4687887; https://zenodo.org/record/4687887

Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966 Longfin Mako Shark Isurus paucus Guitart, 1966: 3, figs. 1, 2A, 3A, 3C. Syntypes: possibly in the Instituto de Biologia or Instituto de Oceanologia, Cuba, collected in the Caribbean near Cuba. No type known according to Compagno (2001). Type locality: unknown. Local synonymy : (?) Isurus paucus : Compagno, 1999: 118; Compagno, 2001: 115, fig. 75; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 71; Compagno et al ., 2005: 183, fig., pl. 30; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 231, fig., pl. 28; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 51, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 145; Compagno, 2016: 1249. South Africa voucher material : Jaws from the personal collection of a fisher from the south coast (WC) examined by D.A. Ebert and L.J. V. Compagno (unpubl. data) is the only material. South African distribution :? Cape Agulhas (WC). Remarks : Although there are no confirmed records, this species is provisionally included as occurring in South African waters based on a set of jaws examined by D.A. Ebert and L.J.V. Compagno (unpubl. data) from a large mako shark caught off Cape Agulhas by a commercial fisher. A poorly known and uncommon species, it is frequently misidentified as I. oxyrinchus . This species is of little commercial value as the flesh is soft and of poor quality. Conservation status : EN (2019). Genus Lamna Cuvier, 1816 Porbeagle Sharks Lamna Cuvier, 1816: 126. Type species: Squalus cornubicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 by monotypy, equals S. cornubicus Gmelin, 1789: 1497, and a junior synonym of S. nasus Bonnaterre, 1788. Genus Lamna Cuvier, 1816 Porbeagle Sharks Lamna Cuvier, 1816: 126. Type species: Squalus cornubicus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 by monotypy, equals S. cornubicus Gmelin, 1789: 1497, and a junior synonym of S. nasus Bonnaterre, 1788. : Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567 : {"references": ["Guitart, D. J. (1966) Nuevo nombre para una especie de Tiburon del genero Isurus (Elasmobranchii, Isuridae) de aguas Cubanas. Poeyana, Series A, Instituto de Biologia, 15, 1 - 9.", "Compagno, L. J. V. (2001) Sharks of the World, an Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date. Volume 2. Bullhead, Mackerel and Carpet Sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO, Rome, 269 pp.", "Compagno, L. J. V. (1999) An overview of chondrichthyan systematics and biodiversity in southern Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 54, 75 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359199909520406", "Heemstra, P. C. & Heemstra, E. (2004) Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa. National Inquiry Service Centre and South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, 488 pp.", "Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. (2005) Field Guide to the Sharks of the World. Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 368 pp.", "Ebert, D. A., Fowler, S. & Compagno, L. J. V. (2013) Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide to the Sharks of the World. Wild Nature Press, Plymouth, 528 pp.", "Ebert, D. A. & Dando, M. (2014) On Board Guide for the Identification of Pelagic Sharks and Rays of the Western Indian Ocean. SmartFish Programme, FAO, Rome & Indian Ocean Commission, Port Louis, 109 pp.", "Ebert, D. A. & van Hees, K. E. (2015) Beyond jaws: rediscovering the \" Lost Sharks \" of southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37, 141 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2989 / 1814232 X. 2015.1048730", "Compagno, L. J. V. (2016) Sharks. In: Carpenter, K. E. & De Angelis, N. (Eds.), The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Vol. 2. Bivalves, Gastropods, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes, and Chimaeras. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, pp. 1122 - 1336.", "Cuvier, G. (1816) Le Regne Animal distribue d'apres son organisation pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparee. Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annelides. Vol. 2. 1 st Edition. Chez Deterville, Paris, 532 pp.", "Bloch, M. E. & Schneider, J. G. (1801) Systema ichthyologiae iconibus ex illustratum. Vol. 2. Sumtibus auctoris impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano commissum, Berlin, 584 pp.", "Gmelin, J. F. (1789) Caroli a Linne ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 1788 - 93. 3 Vols. in 9 parts. Vol. 1. Pt. 3. s. n., Lipsiae, pp. 1033 - 1516.", "Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788) Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature. Ichthyologie, Paris, 215 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11660"]}