Paragaleus leucolomatus, a new shark from South Africa, with notes on the systematics of hemigaleid sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae)

Compagno, Leonard J V; Smale, Malcolm J; J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Title: Paragaleus leucolomatus, a new shark from South Africa, with notes on the systematics of hemigaleid sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae)
Title: Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) no.37
Creator: Compagno, Leonard J V
Creator: Smale, Malcolm J
Creator: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Subject: Sharks -- South Africa
Subject: Carcharhiniformes
Subject: Fishes -- South Africa
Date Issued: 1985-04
Date: 1985-04
Type: text
Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70184
Identifier: vital:29632
Identifier: Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 37
Description: Paragaleus leucolomatus sp.n. is described from a pregnant female shark 957 mm total length collected off Kosi Bay, Natal, South Africa. This represents the first Paragaleus and the second hemigaleid species recorded from South African waters. P. leucolomatus differs from its congeners by its broad snout, long mouth, lower anterior teeth mostly erect-cusped and without distal cusplets, 180 total vertebrae, and coloration. The species has conspicuous white-edged fins, a black apical spot on its second dorsal, and dusky blotches on the underside of its snout. P. leucolomatus may be conspecific with a Madagascar Paragaleus erroneously assigned to the West African P. pectoralis. Diagnoses of the Family Hemigaleidae and the Genus Paragaleus are presented, as well as diagnostic keys to hemigaleids of the western Indian Ocean and to Paragaleus species.
Format: 24 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Language: English
Relation: Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology)
Relation: Compagno, L. J. V. and Smale, M. J. (1985) Paragaleus leucolomatus, a new shark from South Africa, with notes on the systematics of hemigaleid sharks (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae). Grahamstown, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special publication, no. 37
Relation: Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) volume number 37 1 24 April 1985 0075-2088 0-86810-121-4
Rights: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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