Carcharhinus brevipinna

• Main Authors: Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Carcharhiniformes; Carcharhinidae; Carcharhinus; Carcharhinus brevipinna; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4693939; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A19554FFB3CFF7582FFDED253A

Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) Spinner Shark Carcharias brevipinna M̹ller & Henle, 1839: 31, pl. 9. Holotype: RMNH D2525 (mounted skin), 785 mm TL, Java, Indonesia. Local synonymy : Carcharhinus johnsoni : Smith, 1951: 88, figs. 1–2 (original description, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province); Smith, 1952b: 857; Smith, 1952c: 760; Smith, 1952e: 22, fig. 3; Smith, 1953: 41, pl. 104; Smith & Smith, 1966: 20, fig. 5a. Carcharnidus johnsoni : Smith, 1958c: 17. Carcharhinus maculipinnis : Davies, 1963: 24; Davies, 1964: 34. Carcharhinus maculipinnis : D’Aubrey, 1964a: 44, pl. 25; Davies & Joubert, 1966: 3, fig. 2; Davies & Joubert, 1967: 115, fig. 7–2; Garrick, 1967: 88. Carcharhinus brevipinna : Bass et al. , 1973: 26, fig. 9; Compagno, 1984b: 466, fig.; Bass et al ., 1986: 71, fig. 9.6, pl. 2; Cliff & Wilson, 1986: 19; Compagno, 1988a: 315; Compagno et al. , 1989: 66, pl.; Compagno, 1999: 120; Heemstra & Heemstra, 2004: 58; Compagno et al ., 2005: 293, fig., pl. 57; Ebert et al. , 2013 a: 462, fig., pl. 66; NPOA, 2013: 40; da Silva et al ., 2015: 246; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 146; Compagno, 2016: 1301; Weigmann, 2016: 855. South Africa voucher material : SAIAB [former RUSI] 422 (Holotype of C. johnsoni ), SAIAB [former ORI] 430 (Paratype of C. johnsoni ). SAIAB [former RUSI] 427, SAIAB 6169 [ex ORI 2024], SAIAB 6170 [ex ORI 1009], SAIAB 6171 [ex ORI 957], SAIAB 6172 [ex ORI 1926], SAIAB 12992, SAIAB 25351, SAIAB 26878, SAIAB 201700. South African distribution : Mossel Bay (WC) to KZN border with Mozambique. Remarks : Smith (1951) described this shark as a new species ( C. johnsoni ) from South Africa noting that it was similar to the western North Atlantic C. maculipinnis , but considered them to be different species. D’Aubrey (1964a) considered it as a junior synonym of C. maculipinnis , but Bass et al . (1973) reviewed the issue and concluded that these various names were all synonymous with C. brevipinna . Conservation status : VU (2020). Published as part of ...