WoRMS taxon details

Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914)

217647  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217647)

accepted
Species
Scyliorhinus polystigma Regan, 1921 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1914). Description of three new south African fishes. <em>Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.</em> No. 2 (VII): 128-131. [details]   
Description Found on the uppermost continental slopes. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, and cephalopods (Ref. 5213). Oviparous, with...  
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Holohalaelurus punctatus (Gilchrist, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217647 on 2024-09-22
Date
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1997-02-24 18:26:33Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Scylliorhinus punctatus Gilchrist, 1914) Gilchrist, J. D. F. (1914). Description of three new south African fishes. <em>Marine biological report: for the year ended ... and for the half year ending ...; to be presented to the Provincial Council; Union of South Africa, Province of the Cape of Good Hope.</em> No. 2 (VII): 128-131. [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
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]
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English African spotted catshark  [details]