WoRMS taxon details
Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914)
AphiaID: 217647
AphiaID: 217647
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Scyliorhinidae (Family) > Holohalaelurus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Holohalaelurus Fowler, 1934 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Halaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914) (synonym) Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921 Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenya [details] Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania (not certain) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found on the uppermost continental slopes. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 5213). Oviparous, with 1 (Ref. 5510) or 2 egg-cases laid per oviduct at a time (Ref. 5510). The adult males are larger than females, a characteristic unusual among sharks. Manifests partial sexual segregation. Not utilized at present. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217647 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217647 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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