WoRMS taxon details
Poroderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789)
217649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217649)
accepted
Species
Conoporoderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Scyllium africanum (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Squalus striatus Forster, 1844 · unaccepted
Squalus vittatus Shaw, 1798 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]. [details]
Description Found in caves and rocky areas from close inshore at the surfline to 100 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, also bony fishes...
Description Found in caves and rocky areas from close inshore at the surfline to 100 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, also bony fishes and cephalopods. Oviparous, with a single egg-case per oviduct. A hardy nocturnal species, readily kept in captivity. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Poroderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217649 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found in caves and rocky areas from close inshore at the surfline to 100 m. Feeds mainly on crustaceans, also bony fishes and cephalopods. Oviparous, with a single egg-case per oviduct. A hardy nocturnal species, readily kept in captivity. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | striped catshark | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Scyllium africanum (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Squalus striatus Forster, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Squalus vittatus Shaw, 1798)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poroderma africanum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium africanum (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus vittatus Shaw, 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus striatus Forster, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Conoporoderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poroderma africanum RAD110615 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poroderma africanum RAD110615-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Scyllium africanum (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Squalus striatus Forster, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Squalus vittatus Shaw, 1798)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Poroderma africanum)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Scyllium africanum (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus vittatus Shaw, 1798)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus striatus Forster, 1844)
To FishBase (from synonym Conoporoderma africanum (Gmelin, 1789))
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Squalus africanus Gmelin, 1789)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poroderma africanum RAD110615 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Poroderma africanum RAD110615-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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