WoRMS taxon details
Eridacnis sinuans (Smith, 1957)
220035 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220035)
accepted
Species
Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957) Smith, J. L. B. (1957). A new shark from South Africa. <em>South African Journal of Science.</em> v. 53 (no. 10): 261-264, 2 figs. [details]
Description Found on the upper continental slope and outer shelf. Feeds on small bony fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods....
Description Found on the upper continental slope and outer shelf. Feeds on small bony fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with two young in a litter. Size at birth between 15 and 17 cm. Geographic or bathymetric segregation of populations by sex probably occurs as most specimens taken off Natal were male. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Eridacnis sinuans (Smith, 1957). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220035 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957) Smith, J. L. B. (1957). A new shark from South Africa. <em>South African Journal of Science.</em> v. 53 (no. 10): 261-264, 2 figs. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Found on the upper continental slope and outer shelf. Feeds on small bony fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. Ovoviviparous, with two young in a litter. Size at birth between 15 and 17 cm. Geographic or bathymetric segregation of populations by sex probably occurs as most specimens taken off Natal were male. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | African ribbontail catshark | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eridacnis sinuans RAD110810 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eridacnis sinuans RAD110810-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Neotriakis sinuans Smith, 1957)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eridacnis sinuans RAD110810 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Eridacnis sinuans RAD110810-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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