Scymnodalatias Garrick 1956

• Main Authors: Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Squaliformes; Somniosidae; Scymnodalatias; Scymnodalatias albicauda; Somniosus; Indian; New Zealand; Harper; Port Louis; Somniosus microcephalus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4688685; https://zenodo.org/record/4688685

Genus Scymnodalatias Garrick, 1956 Spineless Velvet Dogfishes Scymnodalatias Garrick, 1956: 564. Type species: Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921 by original designation (also monotypic). ? Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 Whitetail Dogfish Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986: 120, figs. 1–2. Holotype: FUMT-P 197. Type locality: South Indian Ocean, 45°S, 92°E. Local synonymy : Scymnodalatias albicauda : Compagno et al ., 2005: 114, fig., pl. 11; Ebert, 2013: 96, fig. 135; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 153, fig., pl. 14; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 45, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 87, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 93, fig. 110; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 39, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 899. South Africa voucher material : None. South Africa distribution : Southwest of South Africa (Ebert, 2013, 2015). Presence in South African waters requires confirmation. Remarks : Reported from a few scattered records southwest of South Africa, there are no voucher specimens in museum collections confirming its presence in South African waters (Ebert, 2013; 2015). Conservation status : DD (2018). Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818 Sleeper Sharks Somniosus Lesueur, 1818: 222. Type species: Somniosus brevipinna , Lesueur, 1818 by monotypy; synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). ? Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986 Whitetail Dogfish Scymnodalatias albicauda Taniuchi & Garrick, 1986: 120, figs. 1–2. Holotype: FUMT-P 197. Type locality: South Indian Ocean, 45°S, 92°E. Local synonymy : Scymnodalatias albicauda : Compagno et al ., 2005: 114, fig., pl. 11; Ebert, 2013: 96, fig. 135; Ebert et al ., 2013 a: 153, fig., pl. 14; Ebert & Mostada, 2013: 45, fig.; Ebert & Dando, 2014: 87, fig.; Ebert, 2015: 93, fig. 110; Ebert & Mostada, 2015: 39, fig.; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 144; Weigmann, 2016: 899. South Africa voucher material : None. South Africa distribution : Southwest of South Africa (Ebert, 2013, 2015). Presence in South African waters requires confirmation. Remarks : Reported from a few scattered records southwest of South Africa, there are no voucher specimens in museum collections confirming its presence in South African waters (Ebert, 2013; 2015). Conservation status : DD (2018). Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818 Sleeper Sharks Somniosus Lesueur, 1818: 222. Type species: Somniosus brevipinna , Lesueur, 1818 by monotypy; synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Genus Somniosus Lesueur, 1818 Sleeper Sharks Somniosus Lesueur, 1818: 222. Type species: Somniosus brevipinna , Lesueur, 1818 by monotypy; synonym of Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). : 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 page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567 : {"references": ["Garrick, J. A. F. (1956) Studies on New Zealand Elasmobranchii. Part V. Scymnodalatias n. g. Based on Scymnodon sherwoodi Archey, 1921 (Selachii). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 83 (3), 555 - 571.", "Archey, G. (1921) A new species of shark. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 53, 195 - 196.", "Taniuchi, T. & Garrick, J. A. F. (1986) A new species of Scymnodalatias from the southern oceans, and comments on other squaliform sharks. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 33 (2), 119 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02905840", "Compagno, L., Dando, M. & Fowler, S. 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